Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.7.7
- Affected Plugin
- SiteGuard WP Plugin
- Affected Version
<= 1.7.6- CVSS
- 5.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-693 · Protection Mechanism Failure
- CVE
CVE-2024-37881
At a glance
CVE-2024-37881 is a medium-severity Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in the SiteGuard WP Plugin WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.7.6. 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 1.7.7; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed June 2024, reported by Yuuta Watanabe.
Vulnerability Overview
The SiteGuard WP Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to protection mechanism bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.6. This is due to the plugin not restricting redirects from wp-register.php which may disclose the login page URL. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain access to the login page.
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 1.7.7, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The fix is the thing that ends this: SiteGuard WP Plugin 1.7.7 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Alerts
External References
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