Zero Spam <= 5.5.6 - Spam Protection Bypass

2024-04-15 00:00

Brandon James Roldan (tomorrowisnew)

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 5.5.7

Affected PluginZero Spam for WordPress

Affected Version<= 5.5.6

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-32521

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Vulnerability Overview

The Zero Spam for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to spam protection bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.6.. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass spam protections.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.5.7, 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.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-32521 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/48ab8363-bc1c-47b4-8eb4-6093cd7591c9

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

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

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