Solid Security Basic <= 9.0.0 - Unauthenticated Login Page Disclosure
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 9.0.1
- Affected Version
<= 9.0.0- CVSS
- 5.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-693 · Protection Mechanism Failure
- CVE
CVE pending
At a glance
This record tracks a medium-severity Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in the Kadence Security WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 9.0.0. 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 9.0.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed October 2023, reported by Naveen Muthusamy.
Vulnerability Overview
The Solid Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to protection mechanism bypass in all versions up to, and including, 9.0.0. This is due to the plugin disclosing the login path when comments are enabled and registration is required. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to discover the login page path and bypass the intended functionality of the security mechanism.
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 9.0.1, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: Kadence Security 9.0.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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