CVE-2024-50478
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability allows attackers to bypass authentication in the Swoop 1-Click Login WordPress plugin, potentially gaining unauthorized access to WordPress sites. It affects all WordPress installations using version 1.4.5 of the plugin. The high CVSS score indicates critical severity.
💻 Affected Systems
- Swoop 1-Click Login: Passwordless Authentication WordPress Plugin
📦 What is this software?
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete site takeover with administrative privileges, data theft, malware injection, and lateral movement to other systems.
Likely Case
Unauthorized access to user accounts, content manipulation, and potential privilege escalation within the WordPress site.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if strong network segmentation, monitoring, and additional authentication layers are in place.
🎯 Exploit Status
Authentication bypass vulnerabilities are often easy to exploit once details are known.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Check WordPress plugin repository for updates beyond 1.4.5
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find '1-Click Login: Passwordless Authentication'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if available. 5. Alternatively, delete and reinstall latest version.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allTemporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched.
wp plugin deactivate swoop-password-free-authentication
Restrict Access
allUse web application firewall rules to block requests to plugin endpoints.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strong network segmentation to isolate the WordPress instance.
- Enable detailed logging and monitoring for authentication attempts and admin actions.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for '1-Click Login: Passwordless Authentication' version 1.4.5.Check Version:
wp plugin get swoop-password-free-authentication --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is updated to a version beyond 1.4.5 in WordPress admin.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual authentication attempts without passwords
- Admin actions from unexpected IPs
- Failed login attempts to plugin endpoints
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to /wp-content/plugins/swoop-password-free-authentication/ with unusual parameters
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress" AND (plugin="swoop-password-free-authentication" OR uri_path="/wp-content/plugins/swoop-password-free-authentication/")