Stop User Enumeration <= 1.7.2 — Protection Mechanism Bypass
CVE-2025-4302Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.7.2Update to 1.7.3 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
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Am I affected?
Stop User Enumeration stop-user-enumeration
- Affected≤ 1.7.2
- Patched in1.7.3
Update to 1.7.3 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.7.2. Version 1.7.3 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Stop User Enumeration.
- 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 1.7.3, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Stop User Enumeration to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Stan, Chin Siang Leow.
The Stop User Enumeration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to protection mechanism bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.2. This is due to the plugin not restricting URL encoded paths from returning user data. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enumerate WordPress users.
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 Stop User Enumeration
All 8| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get ≤1.9.2No patch available | CVE-2023-33999 | |
| High8.8 | Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update <3.1.7Update to 3.1.7 | — | |
| Medium5.3 | User Enumeration <1.3.9Update to 1.3.9 | CVE-2017-1000226 | |
| Medium6.1 | Cross-Site Scripting <1.3.8Update to 1.3.8 | CVE-2017-18536 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Username Enumeration ≤1.3.8Update to 1.3.9 | — |
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get
≤1.9.2No patch available
- High8.8Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update
<3.1.7Update to 3.1.7
- Medium5.3User Enumeration
<1.3.9Update to 1.3.9
- Medium6.1Cross-Site Scripting
<1.3.8Update to 1.3.8
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Username Enumeration
≤1.3.8Update to 1.3.9
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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