CVE-2023-47818

LWS Hide Login <= 2.1.8 - Protection Mechanism Bypass

2023-11-16 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 2.1.9
Affected Plugin: LWS Hide Login
Affected Version: <= 2.1.8
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-693 · Protection Mechanism Failure
CVE: CVE-2023-47818

At a glance

CVE-2023-47818 is a medium-severity Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in the LWS Hide Login WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.1.8. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 2.1.9; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2023, reported by Naveen Muthusamy.

Vulnerability Overview

The LWS Hide Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to protection mechanism bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.8. This is due to the fact that attackers can bypass the hidden login page by visiting install.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to login to the site even when the login page has been hidden.

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

Update to version 2.1.9, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: LWS Hide Login 2.1.9 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-47818 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/532cffdb-16e8-4ced-9477-483c96db343c https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47818

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in LWS Hide Login

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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