Brute Force Login Protection <= 1.5.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2015-05-17 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginBrute Force Login Protection

Affected Version<= 1.5.1

CVSS8.8High

CVECVE-2014-5034

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Vulnerability Overview

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Brute Force Login Protection module up to and including 1.5.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified users for requests that have unknown impact via a crafted request to the brute-force-login-protection page to wp-admin/options-general.php.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)) The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5034 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e2d46ac3-6751-475d-8d91-eabbc27a6295

CVSS Vector

8.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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