CVE-2023-48335

Hide login page <= 1.1.7 - Login Page Disclosure

2023-11-23 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Unpatched
Affected Plugin: Hide login page, Hide wp admin – stop attack on login page
Affected Version: <= 1.1.7
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-693 · Protection Mechanism Failure
CVE: CVE-2023-48335

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At a glance

CVE-2023-48335 is a medium-severity Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in the Hide login page, Hide wp admin WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.1.7. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed November 2023, reported by Naveen Muthusamy.

Vulnerability Overview

The Hide login page plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to protection mechanism bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.7. This is due to the plugin disclosing the login path on multi-site instances. 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

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.

How does WordSec protect against this?

No patched version is recorded yet, so there is nothing to update to; WordSec's vulnerability alerts flag this record the moment that changes.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-48335 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6d3cff57-ea8a-4082-bc05-d62b9d92f0e6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48335

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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