CVE-2023-5089 (GCVE-0-2023-5089)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-16 19:39 – Updated: 2025-04-23 16:10
VLAI?
Title
Defender Security < 4.1.0 - Protection Bypass (Hidden Login Page)
Summary
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.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Defender Security Affected: 0 , < 4.1.0 (custom)
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Credits
Juan Pablo Gomez Postigo WPScan
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