Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth <= 3.9.1 - Sensitive Information Disclosure
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 3.9.2
- Affected Plugin
- Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
- Affected Version
<= 3.9.1- CVSS
- 4.9Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
- CVE
CVE pending
At a glance
This record tracks a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the Jetpack WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.9.1. It carries a CVSS score of 4.9 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). The issue is fixed in version 3.9.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed February 2016, reported by Oliver Liu.
Vulnerability Overview
The Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure in versions up to, and including, 3.9.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with database access to extract sensitive data including plaintext credentials due to plaintext storage of those credentials.
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. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.
CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Reaching this weakness in Jetpack <= 3.9.1 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Sensitive information exposure means data the application intended to keep internal is returned to a caller who should not be able to see it.
The disclosed data — credentials, tokens, customer records or internal paths — is usually worth more as material for a follow-up attack than as an end in itself. For Jetpack the fix is 3.9.2: builds <= 3.9.1 are affected, anything from 3.9.2 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 3.9.2, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The fix is the thing that ends this: Jetpack 3.9.2 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Alerts
External References
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