CVE-2023-6799

WP Reset <= 2.0 - Sensitive Information Exposure due to Insufficient Randomness

2024-03-26 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 2.01
Affected Plugin: WP Reset
Affected Version: <= 2.0
CVSS: 5.9Medium
Weakness type: CWE-330 · Use of Insufficiently Random Values
CVE: CVE-2023-6799

At a glance

CVE-2023-6799 is a medium-severity Use of Insufficiently Random Values vulnerability in the WP Reset WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.0. It carries a CVSS score of 5.9 (reachable over the network; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 2.01; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2024, reported by Justin Kennedy.

Vulnerability Overview

The WP Reset – Most Advanced WordPress Reset Tool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.0 via the use of insufficiently random snapshot names. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including site backups by brute-forcing the snapshot filenames. Please note that the vendor does not plan to do any further hardening on this functionality.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.

CWE-330: Use of Insufficiently Random Values

The product uses insufficiently random numbers or values in a security context that depends on unpredictable numbers.

Remediation

Update to version 2.01, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: WP Reset 2.01 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Login Security
Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6799 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/68f41e88-ed36-4361-bddd-41495a540cd9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6799

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in WP Reset

CVSS Vector

5.9

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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