iThemes Security < 7.9.1 and iThemes Security Pro < 6.8.4 — Hidden Login Bypass
21a1a6c2-0eb1-4ee3-abf0-76b84adca01bPublished · Updated Action summary
Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection: Affected: <7.9.1Update to 7.9.1 or newer
iThemes Security Pro: Affected: <6.8.4Update to 6.8.4 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection better-wp-security
- Affected< 7.9.1
- Patched in7.9.1
Update to 7.9.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 7.9.1. Version 7.9.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
iThemes Security Pro ithemes-security-pro
- Affected< 6.8.4
- Patched in6.8.4
Update to 6.8.4 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 6.8.4. Version 6.8.4 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 7.9.1, or a newer patched version
- Update to version 6.8.4, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Julio Potier.
It is possible to bypass the hidden login page functionality in iThemes Security < 7.9.1 and iThemes Security Pro < 6.8.4
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection
All 19| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | IP Address Spoofing to Denial of Service ≤9.3.1Update to 9.3.2 | CVE-2022-44593 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Login Page Disclosure ≤9.0.0Update to 9.0.1 | — | |
| Medium4.7 | Open Redirection via redirect_to_https ≤8.1.4Update to 8.1.5 | CVE-2023-28786 | |
| High7.5 | Broken Password Mechanism ≤7.6.1Update to 7.7.0 | CVE-2020-36176 | |
| High7.2 | Authenticated SQL Injection <7.0.3Update to 7.0.3 | CVE-2018-12636 |
- Medium5.3IP Address Spoofing to Denial of Service
≤9.3.1Update to 9.3.2
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Login Page Disclosure
≤9.0.0Update to 9.0.1
- Medium4.7Open Redirection via redirect_to_https
≤8.1.4Update to 8.1.5
- High7.5Broken Password Mechanism
≤7.6.1Update to 7.7.0
- High7.2Authenticated SQL Injection
<7.0.3Update to 7.0.3
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.