Security Advisory
CVE-2024-9522
CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations
Description
The WP Users Masquerade plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to incorrect authentication and capability checking in the ajax_masq_login function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator.