CVE-2023-6289
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Swift Performance Lite WordPress plugin before version 2.3.6.15 contains a security vulnerability identified as CVE-2023-6289. The vulnerability was discovered by Krzysztof Zając from CERT PL and was publicly disclosed on November 27, 2023. This security issue affects the plugin's configuration export functionality, potentially exposing sensitive information (WPScan Vuln).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an authentication bypass (AUTHBYPASS) with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) and vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N. It falls under CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) and is related to OWASP Top 10 category A2: Broken Authentication and Session Management (WPScan Vuln, NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthorized users to export the plugin's settings, which may contain sensitive information such as Cloudflare API tokens. This exposure of credentials could potentially lead to unauthorized access to connected services (WPScan Vuln).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 2.3.6.15 of the Swift Performance Lite plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (WPScan Vuln).

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