User Verification <= 1.0.93 - Privilege Escalation

9.8
Improper Authentication
CVE CVE-2022-4693
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published December 28, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher István Márton - Wordfence

Description

The User Verification plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass. This is due to the fact that when generating OTP codes for users to use in order to login, the plugin returns these codes in an AJAX response. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to obtain login codes for administrators.

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Vulnerability Details for User Verification – Email Verification, Email OTP, Block Spam Email, Passwordless login

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug user-verification (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.0.94, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.93
Patched Version
  • 1.0.94

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