CVE-2022-4693

User Verification <= 1.0.93 - Privilege Escalation

criticalImproper Authentication

9.8

CVSS Score

9.8

CVSS Score

critical

Severity

1.0.94

Patched in

391d

Time to patch

Description

The User Verification plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass. This is due to the fact that when generating OTP codes for users to use in order to login, the plugin returns these codes in an AJAX response. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to obtain login codes for administrators.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=1.0.93

PublishedDecember 28, 2022

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginuser-verification

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c7e3a8ee-9950-4da4-8450-8b5902b3b876?source=api-prod

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