Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) <= 5.7.1 - Password Protection Mode Security Feature Bypass

Improper Authentication

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

CVE	CVE-2023-46630
CVSS	High (7.5)
Publicly Published	October 25, 2023
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT)

Description

The Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to security feature bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.1. This is due to a flawed authentication mechanism within the maybe_process_login function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass the Password Protection feature and view password protected pages.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	admin-site-enhancements (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 5.7.1
Patched Version	5.8.0

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