Hide My Site <= 2.2 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure

2024-08-20 17:27

Colin Xu

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginHide My Site

Affected Version<= 2.2

CVSS4.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-5880

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Vulnerability Overview

The Hide My Site plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.2 due to the plugin not restricting access to the REST API when password protection is enabled. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain unauthorized access to the site.

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-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5880 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/31d2ccd2-d38b-4bdf-a905-a2b54ca80a58

CVSS Vector

4.3

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

Base

Attack VectorAdjacent
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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