Description

WordPress Plugin Passster-Password Protection stores the password inside a cookie named "passster" using base64 encoding method which is easy to decode, if leaked. WordPress Plugin Passster-Password Protection version 3.5.5.5.1 is affected; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 3.5.5.5.2 or latest

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a8963750-62bf-403e-a906-94f371ed2a7a

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/content-protector/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2022-3206 CWE-326 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update