CVE-2024-13688

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

2025-04-07 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-693 · Protection Mechanism Failure
CVE: CVE-2024-13688

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At a glance

CVE-2024-13688 is a medium-severity Protection Mechanism Failure 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 April 2025, reported by Dogus Demirkiran.

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

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-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.

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-2024-13688 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/05e8ec0d-74ad-483a-914d-f40c0cfc9b24 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13688

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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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