Protect WP Admin <= 3.6 - Unauthenticated Plugin Deactivation

Incorrect Authorization
CVE CVE-2021-24906
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published December 23, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Krzysztof Zając
Description

The Protect WP Admin WordPress plugin before 3.7 does not check for authorisation in the lib/pwa-deactivate.php file, which could allow unauthenticated users to disable the plugin (and therefore the protection offered) via a crafted request

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug protect-wp-admin (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.6
Patched Version
  • 3.7
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