The Solid Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in all versions up to, and including, 9.3.1 due to insufficient IP address validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform a denial of service attack.
CVE-2022-44593 is a medium severity with CVSS 5.3 Vulnerability issue affecting the Plugin Solid Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection. It affects Versions up to 9.3.1 and is fixed in 9.3.2.
CVE-2022-44593 is tracked for the Plugin Solid Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection as medium severity with CVSS 5.3. The affected range is Versions up to 9.3.1. Update Solid Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection to 9.3.2 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
better-wp-security
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2022-44593 |
| Patched Versions |
9.3.2
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 9.3.1
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
iThemes Security <= 7.6.1 - Broken Password Mechanism
iThemes Security <= 6.9.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
iThemes Security <= 7.0.2 - Authenticated SQL Injection
iThemes Security < 3.2.5 - Cross-Site Scripting
Better WP Security <= 3.2.4 - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting
iThemes Security <= 8.1.4 - Open Redirection via redirect_to_https
iThemes Security < 3.6.4 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting
iThemes Security <= 5.3.5 - Missing Capabilities Check
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