CVE-2024-13685

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

2025-02-11 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 7.6.10
Affected Plugin: Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE)
Affected Version: <= 7.6.9
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-290 · Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
CVE: CVE-2024-13685

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At a glance

CVE-2024-13685 is a medium-severity Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in the Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 7.6.9. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 7.6.10; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed February 2025, reported by Dogus Demirkiran.

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

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks.

Remediation

Update to version 7.6.10, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 7.6.10 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

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

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Other vulnerabilities in Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE)

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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