WF-be700f83-248f-4d22-b53d-7cc61e1f7d7d-wordfence

Wordfence <= 5.2.3 - Multiple Protection Mechanism Bypasses

mediumProtection Mechanism Failure

6.5

CVSS Score

6.5

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

5.2.4

Patched in

3418d

Time to patch

Description

The Wordfence Plugin is vulnerable to multiple protection mechanism bypasses in version up to, and including, 5.2.3. These allow unauthenticated attackers to bypass exploit protection and throttling restrictions.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<5.2.4

PublishedSeptember 14, 2014

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginwordfence

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be700f83-248f-4d22-b53d-7cc61e1f7d7d?source=api-prod

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