Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) <= 7.6.9 - Password Protection Bypass

2025-04-07 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-2024-13688

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Vulnerability Overview

The Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Password Protection Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 7.6.9. This is due to the plugin using a hardcoded password for password protection. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to access a password protected site.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 7.6.10, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure) The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13688 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/05e8ec0d-74ad-483a-914d-f40c0cfc9b24

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

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

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