Authentication Bypass in WordPress Social Login and Register Plugin by MiniOrange
CVE-2023-2982

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Miniorange Social Login And Register (discord, Google, Twitter, Linkedin)
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 June 2023

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC🟣 EPSS 46%

What is CVE-2023-2982?

The WordPress Social Login and Register plugin developed by MiniOrange is susceptible to an authentication bypass vulnerability due to weak encryption during login validation. Attackers with knowledge of an existing user's email address can exploit this flaw to gain unauthorized access as that user, including administrative accounts. This issue exists in versions prior to 7.6.4 and has been fully mitigated in version 7.6.5.

Affected Version(s)

miniOrange Social Login and Register (Discord, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn) 0 <= 7.6.4

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2023-2982
Created by RandomRobbieBF

CVE-2023-2982-POC
Created by H4K6

CVE-2023-2982
Created by wshinkle

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/miniorange-log...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2925914/mini...

EPSS Score

46% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Lana Codes
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