CVE-2023-5089 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2023-10-16

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: 83.1% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Defender Security

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 4.1.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpmudev:defender_security:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.83116.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2b547488-187b-44bc-a57d-f876a7d4c87d
https://www.sprocketsecurity.com/resources/discovering-wp-admin-urls-in-wordpress-with-gravityforms

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Wpmudev Defender Security

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-10-16T19:39:25.420Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:10:59.957Z

Reserved: 2023-09-20T14:56:32.290Z

Link: CVE-2023-5089

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:44:53.860Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-16T20:15:17.737

Modified: 2025-04-23T17:16:49.590

Link: CVE-2023-5089

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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