Wordfence <= 5.2.3 - Multiple Protection Mechanism Bypasses
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 5.2.4
- Affected Version
< 5.2.4- CVSS
- 6.5Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-693 · Protection Mechanism Failure
- CVE
CVE pending
At a glance
This record tracks a medium-severity Protection Mechanism Failure vulnerability in the Wordfence Security WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 5.2.4. It carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 5.2.4; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2014, reported by Voxel@Night.
Vulnerability Overview
The Wordfence Plugin is vulnerable to multiple protection mechanism bypasses in version up to, and including, 5.2.3. These allow unauthenticated attackers to bypass exploit protection and throttling restrictions.
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 5.2.4, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
The fix is the thing that ends this: Wordfence Security 5.2.4 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Alerts
External References
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