Wordfence <= 5.2.3 - Multiple Protection Mechanism Bypasses

2014-09-14 00:00

Voxel@Night

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 5.2.4

Affected PluginWordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security

Affected Version< 5.2.4

CVSS6.5Medium

CVEN/A

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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

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.2.4, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: 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.

External References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be700f83-248f-4d22-b53d-7cc61e1f7d7d

CVSS Vector

6.5

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

Base

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

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