All In One WP Security <= 5.2.4 - Protection Bypass of Renamed Login Page via URL Encoding

2023-10-25 00:00

Naveen Muthusamy

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 5.2.5

Affected PluginAll-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall

Affected Version< 5.2.5

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2023-52147

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Vulnerability Overview

The All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to protection bypass on the login page in all versions up to and including 5.2.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to visit the login page in cases where it has been renamed by using URL Encoding to visit wp-login.php.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.2.5, 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-2023-52147 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/63fc381e-ce72-4c90-bb35-daba520be40d

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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