AppPresser – Mobile App Framework <= 4.4.4 — Privilege Escalation and Account Takeover via Weak OTP
CVE-2024-9305Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.4.4Update to 4.4.5 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.1
- CVSS
- 8.1CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:HAttack complexity- High
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
AppPresser – Mobile App Framework apppresser
- Affected≤ 4.4.4
- Patched in4.4.5
Update to 4.4.5 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.4.4. Version 4.4.5 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under AppPresser – Mobile App Framework.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 4.4.5, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch AppPresser – Mobile App Framework to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to wesley (wcraft).
The AppPresser – Mobile App Framework plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.4. This is due to the appp_reset_password() and validate_reset_password() functions not having enough controls to prevent a successful brute force attack of the OTP to change a password, or verify that a password reset request came from an authorized user. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to generate and brute force an OTP that makes it possible to change any users passwords, including an administrator.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in AppPresser – Mobile App Framework
All 9| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Limited Sensitive Information Exposure ≤4.5.0Update to 4.5.1 | CVE-2025-11881 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤4.4.10Update to 4.4.11 | CVE-2025-1561 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Password Reset ≤4.4.6Update to 4.4.7 | CVE-2024-11024 | |
| High8.1 | Improper Missing Encryption Exception Handling to Authentication Bypass ≤4.3.2Update to 4.4.0 | CVE-2024-4611 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤4.3.0Update to 4.3.1 | CVE-2024-32776 |
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Limited Sensitive Information Exposure
≤4.5.0Update to 4.5.1
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤4.4.10Update to 4.4.11
- Critical9.8Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Password Reset
≤4.4.6Update to 4.4.7
- High8.1Improper Missing Encryption Exception Handling to Authentication Bypass
≤4.3.2Update to 4.4.0
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤4.3.0Update to 4.3.1
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.1
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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