InfiniteWP Client <= 1.9.4.4 - Authentication Bypass

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2020-8772
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published January 14, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher WebARX Security
Description

The InfiniteWP Client plugin before 1.9.4.5 for WordPress has a missing authorization check in iwp_mmb_set_request in init.php. Any attacker who knows the username of an administrator can log in.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug iwp-client (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.9.4.4
Patched Version
  • 1.9.4.5
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