Better Wp Security: A security weakness
Better Wp Security is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Better Wp Security
- Plugin slug
better-wp-security- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Mar 02, 2018
This CVE was published Mar 02, 2018 and is one of 7 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Better Wp Security to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The iThemes Security plugin before 6.9.1 for WordPress does not properly perform data escaping for the logs page.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N