CVE-2021-24917 (GCVE-0-2021-24917)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-06 15:55 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:49
VLAI
Title
WPS Hide Login < 1.9.1 - Protection Bypass with Referer-Header
Summary
The WPS Hide Login WordPress plugin before 1.9.1 has a bug which allows to get the secret login page by setting a random referer string and making a request to /wp-admin/options.php as an unauthenticated user.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown WPS Hide Login Affected: 1.9.1 , < 1.9.1 (custom)
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Credits
Daniel Ruf Thalakus
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