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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2023-51542

CVE-2023-51542: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

An Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability was discovered in WPMU DEV Branda WordPress plugin affecting versions through 3.4.14. The vulnerability was reported by Brandon James Roldan and disclosed on December 27, 2023 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an IP Address Spoofing issue that allows bypassing IP restrictions in the plugin. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is tracked as CWE-290 (Authentication Bypass by Spoofing) (Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow unauthenticated attackers to bypass certain restrictions in the code, potentially leading to unauthorized access to functionality not properly constrained by ACLs (Patchstack).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires no authentication or user interaction to exploit, as indicated by the CVSS metrics (PR:N/UI:N). It can be accessed remotely over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L) (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 3.4.15 of the Branda plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to remove the vulnerability (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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