Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 26, 2024· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2024-9933

Description

The WatchTowerHQ plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.10.1. This is due to the 'watchtower_ota_token' default value is empty, and the not empty check is missing in the 'Password_Less_Access::login' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in to the WatchTowerHQ client administrator user.

Patches

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Vulnerability mechanics

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/watchtowerhq/tags/3.9.6/src/Password_Less_Access.phpnvd
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3177064/watchtowerhqnvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/50349086-e7b0-4f73-8722-1367cc05180envd

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