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Hide My WP <= 6.2.3 — Authorization Bypass

CVE-2021-36917Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤6.2.3Update to 6.2.4 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
High7.5
CVSS
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:N Privileges required
None
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:N Confidentiality
None
I:N Integrity
None
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-284 Improper Access Control
Required access
No account needed
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

Hide My WP - Amazing Security Plugin for WordPress! hide_my_wp

  1. Affected≤ 6.2.3
  2. Patched in6.2.4

Update to 6.2.4 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 6.2.3. Version 6.2.4 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Hide My WP - Amazing Security Plugin for WordPress!.
  • 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

  1. Update to version 6.2.4, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Hide My WP - Amazing Security Plugin for WordPress! to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Dave Jong.

WordPress Hide My WP plugin (versions <= 6.2.3) can be deactivated by any unauthenticated user. It is possible to retrieve a reset token which can then be used to deactivate the plugin.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in Hide My WP - Amazing Security Plugin for WordPress!

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More vulnerabilities in Hide My WP - Amazing Security Plugin for WordPress!
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤6.2.12No patch available
CVE-2025-69098
Critical9.8Unauthenticated SQL Injection
<6.2.9Update to 6.2.9
CVE-2022-4681
High8.6SQL Injection
≤6.2.3Update to 6.2.4
CVE-2021-36916
Medium6.1Cross-Site Scripting
<4.54Update to 4.54
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Medium5.3Cross-Site Scripting
<4.52Update to 4.52
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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity high, CVSS 7.5

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
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.

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