Hide My Site <= 2.2 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2024-5880
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published August 20, 2024
Last Updated August 21, 2024
Researcher Colin Xu
Description

The Hide My Site plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.2 due to the plugin not restricting access to the REST API when password protection is enabled. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain unauthorized access to the site.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug hide-my-site (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2
Patched Version
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