Protect WP Admin <= 3.6 - Unauthenticated Plugin Deactivation

2021-12-23 00:00

Krzysztof Zając

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.7

Affected PluginProtect WP Admin

Affected Version<= 3.6

CVSS7.5High

CVECVE-2021-24906

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Vulnerability Overview

The Protect WP Admin WordPress plugin before 3.7 does not check for authorisation in the lib/pwa-deactivate.php file, which could allow unauthenticated users to disable the plugin (and therefore the protection offered) via a crafted request

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.7, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization) The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24906 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2295b532-7833-4f5d-9778-de26390b04bd

CVSS Vector

7.5

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

Base

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

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