The WPMU DEV Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.0. On sites not yet connected to the WPMU DEV Hub — the default state afte…
Summary
The WPMU DEV Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.0. On sites not yet connected to the WPMU DEV Hub — the default state after installation — the site API key that keys the WDP-AUTH request signature is empty, making the signature verified by validate_hash() trivially forgeable; version 5.0.0 additionally removed the replay check in validate_nonce(), and the remote handler is bound to the public init hook with no capabili…
In-depth triage · Auto channel
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Lint boundary warnings (2)
The following non-blocking warnings were raised during the lint phase of this triage (e.g. reference URLs not yet on the allowlist). They do not affect entry usability and are disclosed for transparency (see DR-002).
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REF_URL_NOT_ALLOWLISTEDurl not in allowlist: https://wpmudev.com/project/wpmu-dev-dashboard/#changelog_all -
REF_URL_NOT_ALLOWLISTEDurl not in allowlist: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/75c2b82e-cf1c-4db2-811c-82d05c6a1212?source=cve
Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://wpmudev.com/project/wpmu-dev-dashboard/#changelog_all
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/75c2b82e-cf1c-4db2-811c-82d05c6a1212?source=cve
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD