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WEB APPLICATION VULNERABILITIES Standard & Premium

WordPress Plugin Apocalypse Meow Security Bypass (21.2.7)

Description

WordPress Plugin Apocalypse Meow is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently bypass Bcrypt authentication mechanism. WordPress Plugin Apocalypse Meow versions starting from 21.1.3 and up to, and including 21.2.7 are vulnerable.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 21.2.8 or latest

References

https://twitter.com/Sc00bzT/status/937124418500866048

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/apocalypse-meow/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CWE-287 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass

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