Rename wp-login.php <= 2.6.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery & Unauthenticated Settings Change

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2022-1732
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published June 16, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Daniel Ruf
Description

The Rename wp-login.php plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery as well as an authorization bypass vulnerability in versions up to, and including, 2.6.0. This allows unauthenticated attackers to update the site's login page directly or by tricking administrative users into performing an action such as clicking a link.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug rename-wp-login (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 2.6.0
Patched Version
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