MEDIUM
Defender Security < 4.1.0 - Protection Bypass (Hidden Login Page)
Published Oct 16, 2023
5.3
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.22%
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.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Defender Security Defaultunaffected
Affected
- ≥ 0, < 4.1.0
Default status is the baseline for the product. Each version can override it (patched versions can be marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Defender Security | unaffected | Affected
|
- < 4.1.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (3)
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-57429 Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2b547488-187b-44bc-a57d-f876a7d4c87d exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionThird Party Advisory
- https://www.sprocketsecurity.com/resources/discovering-wp-admin-urls-in-wordpress-with-gravityforms ExploitThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-57429 | Advisory | |
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2b547488-187b-44bc-a57d-f876a7d4c87d | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.sprocketsecurity.com/resources/discovering-wp-admin-urls-in-wordpress-with-gravityforms | ExploitThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner WPScan
Published Oct 16, 2023
Updated Apr 23, 2025
Reserved Sep 20, 2023
Link CVE-2023-5089
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Apr 23, 2025
Red Hat
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GitHub
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