Medium severity · published Oct 16, 2023
CVE-2023-5089
The Defender Security WordPress plugin before 4.1.0 does not prevent redirects to the login page via the auth_redirect WordPress function, allowing an unauthenticated visitor to…
5.3
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Defender Security WordPress plugin before 4.1.0 does not prevent redirects to the login page via the auth_redirect WordPress function, allowing an unauthenticated visitor to access the login page, even when the hide login page functionality of the plugin is enabled.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DS
Defender Security · Wpmudev
before 4.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5089
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5089
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2b547488-187b-44bc-a57d-f876a7d4c87d
Exploit
https://www.sprocketsecurity.com/resources/discovering-wp-admin-urls-in-wordpress-with-gravityforms
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