WP Reset <= 2.0 - Sensitive Information Exposure due to Insufficient Randomness
CVE-2023-6799

5.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
WP Reset – Most Advanced WordPress Reset Tool
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 April 2024

What is CVE-2023-6799?

The WP Reset – Most Advanced WordPress Reset Tool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.0 via the use of insufficiently random snapshot names. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including site backups by brute-forcing the snapshot filenames. Please note that the vendor does not plan to do any further hardening on this functionality.

Affected Version(s)

WP Reset – Most Advanced WordPress Reset Tool * <= 2.0

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/wp...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Justin Kennedy
.