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WordPress Plugin: wps-hide-login: CVE-2021-24917: Incorrect Authorization

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
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