### [CVE-2024-9215](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-9215)
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### Description

The Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference to Privilege Escalation/Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.1 via the action_edited_author() due to missing validation on the 'authors-user_id' user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to update arbitrary user accounts email addresses, including administrators, which can then be leveraged to reset that user's account password and gain access.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/20142995/nuclei-templates
- https://github.com/cyb3r-w0lf/nuclei-template-collection
- https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds