User Verification <= 1.0.93 - Privilege Escalation

2022-12-28 00:00

István Márton

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.0.94

Affected PluginUser Verification by PickPlugins

Affected Version<= 1.0.93

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2022-4693

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Vulnerability Overview

The User Verification plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass. This is due to the fact that when generating OTP codes for users to use in order to login, the plugin returns these codes in an AJAX response. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to obtain login codes for administrators.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.0.94, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4693 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c7e3a8ee-9950-4da4-8450-8b5902b3b876

CVSS Vector

9.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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