CVE•Published 2024-10-08•1 article on news•7 live references•NVD data

CVE-2024-8943

Vulnerability data via CVEDB (Shodan)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

CRITICAL

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 14% of all CVEs

Description

The LatePoint plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 5.0.12. This is due to insufficient verification on the user being supplied during the booking customer step. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator, if they have access to the user id. Note that logging in as a WordPress user is only possible if the "Use WordPress users as customers" setting is enabled, which is disabled by default. The vulnerability is partially patched in version 5.0.12 and fully patched in version 5.0.13.

Timeline

Published 2024-10-08

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC Sploitus trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2024-8943

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · WP plugin path

http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/latepoint/"

Matches any site loading the "latepoint" plugin — doesn't rely on Shodan's vuln tag.

Shodan · product

product:"Latepoint Latepoint"

All exposed Latepoint Latepoint instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Latepoint"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Latepoint" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.