Protect WP Admin: A security weakness
Protect WP Admin is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Protect WP Admin
- Plugin slug
protect-wp-admin- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jan 24, 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Jan 24, 2022 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Protect WP Admin 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 Protect WP Admin WordPress plugin before 3.6.2 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
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H