Wordable <= 3.1.1 - Authentication Bypass

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
CVE CVE-2020-36724
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published January 28, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Jerome Bruandet
Description

The Wordable plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.1.1. This is due to the use of a user supplied hashing algorithm passed to the hash_hmac() function and the use of a loose comparison on the hash which allows an attacker to trick the function into thinking it has a valid hash. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain administrator privileges.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wordable (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.1.2
Patched Version
  • 3.1.2
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