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This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to update arbitrary user accounts email addresses, including administrators, which can then be leveraged to reset that user's account password and gain access.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00512,"percentile":0.43981,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-639"],"published":"2024-10-17T02:06:04Z","modified":"2026-06-17T08:24:09Z","products":[{"vendor":"publishpress","product":"authors"},{"vendor":"publishpress","product":"co-authors, multiple authors and guest authors in an author box with publishpress authors"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d0506137-82e3-4988-9b23-370465a866c0?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/publishpress-authors/tags/4.7.1/src/core/Classes/Author_Editor.php#L594"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026old=3169244%40publishpress-authors\u0026new=3169244%40publishpress-authors\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=#file7"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9215"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9h89-9cwp-q9p5"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2024-9215","title":"Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors \u003c= 4.7.1 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary User Email Update and Account Takeover","description":"The Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference to Privilege Escalation/Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.1 via the action_edited_author() due to missing validation on the 'authors-user_id' user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to update arbitrary user accounts email addresses, including administrators, which can then be leveraged to reset that user's account password and gain access.","status":"published","published":"2024-10-17T02:06:04.689Z","modified":"2026-04-08T17:24:51.431Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-639"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:05.823187Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2024-49797","description":"The Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference to Privilege Escalation/Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.1 via the action_edited_author() due to missing validation on the 'authors-user_id' user controlled key. 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This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to update arbitrary user accounts email addresses, including administrators, which can then be leveraged to reset that user's account password and gain access.","status":"published","published":"2024-10-17T03:31:31Z","modified":"2024-10-17T03:31:40Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-639"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:58:31.969274Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2024-9215","description":"The Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference to Privilege Escalation/Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.1 via the action_edited_author() due to missing validation on the 'authors-user_id' user controlled key. 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