SB2020012714 - Security feature bypass in WPS Hide Login plugin for WordPress
Published: January 27, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020012714
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Security Features (CVE-ID: N/A)
CWE-ID: CWE-254 - Security Features
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to find and access the secret login page.
The vulnerability exists in the "plugins_loaded" function due to some REQUEST_URI occurrences aren’t decoded using the "rawurldecode" function. A remote attack can encode substrings in the URL in order to evade the detection and gain access to the hidden login page.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.