MainWP Child – Securely connects sites to the MainWP WordPress Manager Dashboard < 2.0.9.2 - Authentication Bypass

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
CVE Not available
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published March 9, 2015
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher MICKAEL NADEAU (Sucuri)
Description

The MainWP Child – Securely connects sites to the MainWP WordPress Manager Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 2.0.9.1. This is due to a missing credential check within the WordPress init hook. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user, including administrator-level accounts, if the attacker knows the username.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug mainwp-child (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.9.2
Patched Version
  • 2.0.9.2
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