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

2024-03-26 00:00

Justin Kennedy

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.01

Affected PluginWP Reset

Affected Version<= 2.0

CVSS5.9Medium

CVECVE-2023-6799

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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

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.01, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-330 (Use of Insufficiently Random Values) The product uses insufficiently random numbers or values in a security context that depends on unpredictable numbers.

External References

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

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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