Unprotected Site Uses Vulnerable Security Feature

CVE-2024-6641
5.3MEDIUM

Key Information

Vendor
Astrasecuritysuite
Status
WP Hardening (discontinued)
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 September 2024

Summary

The WP Hardening – Fix Your WordPress Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Security Feature Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.6. This is due to use of an incorrect regular expression within the "Stop User Enumeration" feature. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass intended security restrictions and expose site usernames.

Affected Version(s)

WP Hardening (discontinued) <= 1.2.6

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published.

  • Disclosed

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

  • Vendor Notified

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database

Credit

Felipe Caon
.