Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) <= 7.6.9 - IP Spoofing to Limit Login Attempt Bypass

2025-02-11 00:00

Dogus Demirkiran

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 7.6.10

Affected PluginAdmin and Site Enhancements (ASE)

Affected Version<= 7.6.9

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-13685

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Vulnerability Overview

The Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 7.6.9 due to insufficient IP address validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass login limit restrictions.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 7.6.10, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-290 (Authentication Bypass by Spoofing) This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13685 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2903d15c-4f4d-497c-b6ed-4ae32c047a8a

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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