Description

WordPress Plugin WPS Hide Login is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently get the secret login page by setting a random referer string via curl request. WordPress Plugin WPS Hide Login version 1.9 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 1.9.1 or latest

References

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bypass-security-issue/

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wps-hide-login/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2021-24917 CWE-264 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass