Brute Force Login Protection: Cross-site request forgery
Brute Force Login Protection is affected by cross-site request forgery. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.
- Component
- Brute Force Login Protection
- Plugin slug
brute-force-login-protection- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Apr 06, 2018
This CVE was published Apr 06, 2018 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Brute Force Login Protection 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
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Brute Force Login Protection module 1.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified users for requests that have unknown impact via a crafted request to the brute-force-login-protection page to wp-admin/options-general.php.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H