Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) <= 5.7.1 - Password Protection Mode Security Feature Bypass

2023-10-25 00:00

Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT)

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 5.8.0

Affected PluginAdmin and Site Enhancements (ASE)

Affected Version<= 5.7.1

CVSS7.5High

CVECVE-2023-46630

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Vulnerability Overview

The Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to security feature bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.1. This is due to a flawed authentication mechanism within the maybe_process_login function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass the Password Protection feature and view password protected pages.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.8.0, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-46630 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0abad47f-a806-4cdd-a11f-015b997b5e86

CVSS Vector

7.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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