CVE-2022-29423

Countdown & Clock <= 2.3.2 - Pro Features Lock Bypass

2022-04-28 12:59

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 2.3.3
Affected Plugin: Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock
Affected Version: <= 2.3.2
CVSS: 3.8Low
Weakness type: CWE-287 · Improper Authentication
CVE: CVE-2022-29423

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At a glance

CVE-2022-29423 is a low-severity Improper Authentication vulnerability in the Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.3.2. It carries a CVSS score of 3.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). The issue is fixed in version 2.3.3; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2022, reported by R3N0.

Vulnerability Overview

Pro Features Lock Bypass vulnerability in Countdown & Clock plugin <= 2.3.2 at WordPress.

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 interaction from a victim user.

CWE-287: Improper Authentication

Reaching this weakness in Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance <= 2.3.2 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Improper authentication means the mechanism that proves who a caller is can be satisfied without the secret it was supposed to require.

An attacker authenticates as another user — administrators included — without ever knowing a password, so password policies and login rate limits never come into play. For Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance the fix is 2.3.3: builds <= 2.3.2 are affected, anything from 2.3.3 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 2.3.3, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance 2.3.3 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29423 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca7f72bf-5271-42a2-99cb-3021f10ea5f3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29423

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock

CVSS Vector

3.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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