QID 150483

Date Published: 2022-03-14

QID 150483: WordPress WPS Hide Login Plugin: Protection Bypass with Referer-Header Vulnerability (CVE-2021-24917)

WPS Hide Login is a very light WordPress plugin that lets you easily and safely change the url of the login form page to anything you want.

Affected versions of WPS Hide Login plugin has a bug which allows to get the secret login page by setting a random referer string and making a request to /wp-admin/options.php as an unauthenticated user.

Affected versions:
WPS Hide Login prior to 1.9.1

QID Detection Logic :
This QID sends an HTTP GET request and retrieves vulnerable version of WPS Hide Login Plugin running on the target application.

By exploiting this vulnerability, a remote attacker can retrieve the hidden login page of the WordPress site.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
    • Solution
    Customers are advised to upgrade to WPS Hide Login 1.9.1 or later version to remediate this vulnerability. For more information regarding this vulnerability please refer WPScan Advisory
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 150483

    CVE-2021-24917 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    WPS Hide Login URL Logo wordpress.org/plugins/wps-hide-login/
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