CVE-2019-15823

published 2019-08-30

CVE-2019-15823: The wps-hide-login plugin before 1.5.3 for WordPress has an action=confirmaction protection bypass.

Priority P2 59 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.0

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C H I H A H

EXPLOIT

The wps-hide-login plugin before 1.5.3 for WordPress has an action=confirmaction protection bypass.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
wpserveur	wps_hide_login	< 1.5.3	1.5.3

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

• → Nuclei template digest signature for integrity verification of the detection rule

• · The vulnerability is a protection bypass via action=confirmaction parameter; the plugin's hidden login URL protection can be circumvented using this action, meaning the wp-login.php page may be accessible even when the plugin is active and configured ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 7.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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