CVE-2024-54297 CRITICAL

CVE-2024-54297: WordPress vBSSO-lite plugin <= 1.4.3 - Account Takeover vulnerability

Vendor Extremeidea

Product vBSSO-lite

Weakness CWE-288

Published December 13, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

9.8/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in extremeidea vBSSO-lite vbsso-lite allows Authentication Bypass.This issue affects vBSSO-lite: from n/a through <= 1.4.3.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

vBSSO-lite versions 1.4.3 and earlier contain an authentication bypass vulnerability. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to the system without valid credentials. The vulnerability requires no user interaction and can be exploited remotely over the network. All confidentiality, integrity, and availability protections are compromised.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Bypass authentication and gain full unauthorized access to the system without valid credentials.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Complete compromise of authentication controls; attackers can access, modify, or delete data without credentials.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access to the affected vBSSO-lite instance. No authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 13, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-54297 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/288.html AskarLabs — CWE-288 write-up Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

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