Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth < 4.2 - Timing Attack

Observable Timing Discrepancy
CVE Not available
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published April 26, 2017
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Scott Arciszewski
Description

The Jetpack plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to timing attacks in versions up to, and including, 4.1.x. This is due to lack of a safe string comparison function.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug jetpack (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.2
Patched Version
  • 4.2
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