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GHSA-GH6X-QPJ6-X25R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-08 21:30 – Updated: 2024-02-06 12:30

Details

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in WPMU DEV Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall.This issue affects Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall: from n/a through 4.1.0.

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


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

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CVE-2023-51490 (GCVE-0-2023-51490)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-08 20:17 – Updated: 2025-05-23 16:02

Summary

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-532 - Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Assigner

Patchstack

References

URL

Tags

https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/def…

vdb-entry

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	WPMU DEV	Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall	Affected: n/a , ≤ 4.1.0 (custom)

Credits

Joshua Chan (Patchstack Alliance)

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-GH6X-QPJ6-X25R

CVE-2023-51490 (GCVE-0-2023-51490)

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