CVE-2024-12287
📋 TL;DR
The Biagiotti Membership plugin for WordPress has an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user, including administrators, if they have access to the target's email address. This affects all WordPress sites using the plugin up to version 1.0.2. Attackers can gain full administrative control of vulnerable WordPress installations.
💻 Affected Systems
- Biagiotti Membership WordPress Plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete site takeover with administrative privileges, allowing data theft, defacement, malware injection, and backdoor installation.
Likely Case
Administrative account compromise leading to site manipulation, data exfiltration, and privilege escalation attacks.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if strong network controls, web application firewalls, and monitoring are in place to detect authentication anomalies.
🎯 Exploit Status
Authentication bypass requires only email address knowledge. No technical complexity beyond basic HTTP requests.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.0.3 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://themeforest.net/item/biagiotti-beauty-and-cosmetics-shop/24645919
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find Biagiotti Membership plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, deactivate and remove plugin immediately.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Immediate Plugin Deactivation
allDisable the vulnerable plugin to prevent exploitation while awaiting patch
wp plugin deactivate biagiotti-membership
Web Application Firewall Rule
allBlock requests to plugin-specific authentication endpoints
Add WAF rule to block: /wp-content/plugins/biagiotti-membership/*
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Remove the Biagiotti Membership plugin completely from the WordPress installation
- Implement IP-based access restrictions to WordPress admin areas and monitor authentication logs
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for Biagiotti Membership version 1.0.2 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin get biagiotti-membership --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm plugin version is 1.0.3 or later in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual authentication patterns
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful login from same IP
- Admin logins from unfamiliar IP addresses
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to /wp-content/plugins/biagiotti-membership/ authentication endpoints
- Unusual spikes in traffic to plugin-specific URLs
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("biagiotti-membership" OR "authentication bypass") AND status=200