WordPress WP Masquerade plugin <= 1.1.0 - Authenticated Account Takeover vulnerability

published 2024-05-17 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-31287

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in JR King/Eran Schoellhorn WP Masquerade allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects WP Masquerade: from n/a through 1.1.0.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-05-17)

Exploit prediction

0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

JR King/Eran Schoellhorn WP Masquerade

Classification

Weakness

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/vulnerability/wp-masquerade/wordpress-wp-masquerade-plugin-1-1-0-authenticated-account-takeover-vuln
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-33550
NVD CVE-2024-33550

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Summary