CVE-2020-36724
The Wordable plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.1.1.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.54%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Wordable plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.1.1. This is due to the use of a user supplied hashing algorithm passed to the hash_hmac() function and the use of a loose comparison on the hash which allows an attacker to trick the function into thinking it has a valid hash. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to gain administrator privileges.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.54% probability · 74th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-288, CWE-306
- Affected
- wordable/wordable
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerabilities-roundup/Exploit
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2234193/wordable/trunk/wordable.phpPatch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be1ab218-37bd-407a-8cb9-66f761849c21?source=cveThird Party Advisory
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerabilities-roundup/Exploit
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2234193/wordable/trunk/wordable.phpPatch
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be1ab218-37bd-407a-8cb9-66f761849c21?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.