WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

BlogVault, MalCare and WP Remote 5.16 - 6.62 - Unauthenticated Site Takeover via Connection Key Recovery

Description

The plugins do not prevent unauthenticated users from obtaining data derived from the secret that binds a site to its remote management service, and generate that secret with a weak pseudo-random number generator, allowing attackers to recover it and gain administrative access to the site.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 6.65
Fixed in 6.65

References

Classification

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Jakub Herman
Submitter
Jakub Herman
Submitter website
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-08-24 (about 23 days ago)
Added
2026-08-24 (about 22 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-15 (about 10 hours ago)

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