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CVE-2023-51543: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-51543 is an Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability discovered in Metagauss RegistrationMagic WordPress plugin. The vulnerability affects versions up to 5.2.5.0 and was disclosed on June 4, 2024. The issue allows attackers to bypass access controls through IP spoofing (NVD, Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-290 (Authentication Bypass by Spoofing) and has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH) from NIST with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N. Patchstack assigned a lower CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows attackers to bypass certain restrictions in the code through IP spoofing, potentially leading to unauthorized access to functionality that should be properly constrained by Access Control Lists (ACLs) (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers and requires no user interaction. The attack complexity is considered low, making it relatively straightforward to exploit (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users are advised to update to RegistrationMagic version 5.2.5.1 or later to address this vulnerability (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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