LWS Hide Login <= 2.1.8 — Protection Mechanism Bypass
CVE-2023-47818Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.1.8Update to 2.1.9 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:N/I:L/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:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
LWS Hide Login lws-hide-login
- Affected≤ 2.1.8
- Patched in2.1.9
Update to 2.1.9 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.1.8. Version 2.1.9 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under LWS Hide Login.
- 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 2.1.9, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch LWS Hide Login to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Naveen Muthusamy.
The LWS Hide Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to protection mechanism bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.8. This is due to the fact that attackers can bypass the hidden login page by visiting install.php. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to login to the site even when the login page has been hidden.
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 LWS Hide Login
All 3| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤2.1.6Update to 2.1.7 | CVE-2023-34025 | |
| High8.8 | Missing Authorization Checks ≤2.1Update to 2.1.5 | — |
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤2.1.6Update to 2.1.7
- High8.8Missing Authorization Checks
≤2.1Update to 2.1.5
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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