vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: wps-hide-login: CVE-2021-24917: Incorrect Authorization
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Oct 27, 2021 | May 15, 2025 | May 4, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 27, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 4, 2026
Description
The WPS Hide Login WordPress plugin before 1.9.1 has a bug which allows to get the secret login page by setting a random referer string and making a request to /wp-admin/options.php as an unauthenticated user.
Solution
wps-hide-login-plugin-cve-2021-24917
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24917
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e0e503f4-5864-49f0-aa52-6a44af5e8087?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-11829
- CVE-2021-24917
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-24917
- CWE-863
- EUVD-EUVD-2021-11829
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