WP Cerber < 8.9.3 - Access Bypass Control

Improper Access Control
CVE CVE-2021-37598
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published August 16, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Aaron Carreras
Description

WP Cerber before 8.9.3 allows bypass of /wp-json access control via a trailing ? character.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-cerber (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 8.9.3
Patched Version
  • 8.9.3
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