CVE-2024-9522: Lagunaisw Wp Users Masquerade

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The WP Users Masquerade plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to incorrect authentication and capability checking in the 'ajax_masq_login' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator.

Affected products

• Lagunaisw Wp Users Masquerade: up to and including 2.0.0

Published 2024-10-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.