WP Cerber Security <= 9.0 - User Enumeration Bypass
Published Sep 6, 2022
5.3
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.86%
Description
The WP Cerber Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to security protection bypass in versions up to, and including 9.0, that makes user enumeration possible. This is due to improper validation on the value supplied through the 'author' parameter found in the ~/cerber-load.php file. In vulnerable versions, the plugin only blocks requests if the value supplied is numeric, making it possible for attackers to supply additional non-numeric characters to bypass the protection. The non-numeric characters are stripped and the user requested is displayed. This can be used by unauthenticated attackers to gather information about users that can targeted in further attacks.
Affected products
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- Version 9.0StatusaffectedConstraints<=9.0
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gioni | WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan | n/a |
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- ≤ 9.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
References (3)
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-35160 Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2772930/wp-cerber/trunk/cerber-load.php x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2939 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2022-35160 | Advisory | |
| https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2772930/wp-cerber/trunk/cerber-load.php | x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2939 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
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