Protect WP Admin <= 3.8 - Unauthenticated Information Disclosure to Protection Bypass

5.3
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2023-3139
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published June 12, 2023
Last Updated June 16, 2023
Researcher Daniel Ruf

Description

The Protect WP Admin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to information disclosure in versions up to, and including, 3.8. This is due to a data leak when performing a redirect after processing a crafted request. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to disclose the URL of the admin panel and bypass intended protections.

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Vulnerability Details for Protect WP Admin

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug protect-wp-admin (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.0, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.8
Patched Version
  • 4.0

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