CVE-2021-24917

WPS Hide Login < 1.9.1 - Protection Bypass with Referer-Header

The WPS Hide Login WordPress plugin before 1.9.1 has a bug which allows to get the secret login page by setting a random referer string and making a request to /wp-admin/options.php as an unauthenticated user.

Affected

WPS Hide Login

CVSS v3.1 NVD

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

CVSS v2.0 NVD

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS

72.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 99th percentile

Nuclei

high · CWE-863

Published

2021-12-06

Updated

2024-08-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (4)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/15bb711a-7d70-4891-b7a2-c473e3e8b375
• Cappricio-Securities/CVE-2021-249173★ · 2024-06-24
• buildwithlian/CVE-2021-249172★ · 2024-01-20
• dikalasenjadatang/CVE-2021-249172★ · 2024-01-20

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-24917.yaml

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/wp_wps_hide_login_…

Security advisories

• https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bypass-security-issue

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2000-0114
• CVE-2009-0347
• CVE-2012-5321
• CVE-2015-1635
• CVE-2015-7297
• CVE-2017-7269