High severity · published Jan 8, 2024
CVE-2023-51490
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in WPMU DEV Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall.This issue affects Defender…
7.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in WPMU DEV Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall.This issue affects Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall: from n/a through 4.1.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DS
Defender Security · Wpmudev
through 4.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51490
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-51490
Third Party Advisory
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/defender-security/wordpress-defender-security-plugin-4-1-0-sensitive-data-exposure-via-log-file-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
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