The Solid Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to protection mechanism bypass in all versions up to, and including, 9.0.0. This is due to the plugin disclosing the login path when comments are enabled and registration is required. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to discover the login page path and bypass the intended functionality of the security mechanism.
This vulnerability 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 9.0.0 and is fixed in 9.0.1.
the tracked vulnerability 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 9.0.0. Update Solid Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection to 9.0.1 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 | No linked CVE entry. |
| Patched Versions |
9.0.1
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 9.0.0
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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
Solid Security <= 9.3.1 - IP Address Spoofing to Denial of Service
iThemes Security <= 8.1.4 - Open Redirection via redirect_to_https
iThemes Security < 3.6.4 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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