Description

WordPress Plugin Absolute Privacy is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to bypass authentication mechanism and gain administrative access to an affected application, which may aid in further attacks. WordPress Plugin Absolute Privacy version 2.0.5 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 2.0.6 or latest

References

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/absolute-privacy-badly-broken

http://secunia.com/advisories/48040/

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Severity

High

Classification

CWE-264 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass