Protect WP Admin <= 3.8 - Unauthenticated Information Disclosure to Protection Bypass

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2023-3139
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published June 12, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Daniel Ruf
Description

The Protect WP Admin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to information disclosure in versions up to, and including, 3.8. This is due to a data leak when performing a redirect after processing a crafted request. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to disclose the URL of the admin panel and bypass intended protections.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug protect-wp-admin (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.8
Patched Version
  • 4.0
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