WPS Hide Login <= 1.9.0 - Hidden Login Page Location Disclosure

Incorrect Authorization

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVE	CVE-2021-24917
CVSS	Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published	October 27, 2021
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Daniel Ruf

Description

The WPS Hide Login WordPress plugin before 1.9.1 has a bug which allows to get the secret login page by setting a random referer string and making a request to /wp-admin/options.php as an unauthenticated user.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	wps-hide-login (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 1.9.0
Patched Version	1.9.1

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