WordPress plugin
Absolute Privacy <= 2.0.5 — Authentication Bypass
b6c69a25-8986-4976-8753-ce8e5be311e2Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.0.5Update to 2.0.6 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Critical9.8
- CVSS
- 9.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Absolute Privacy absolute-privacy
- Affected≤ 2.0.5
- Patched in2.0.6
Update to 2.0.6 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.0.5. Version 2.0.6 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Absolute Privacy.
- 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 2.0.6, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Absolute Privacy to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to schaffnern.
The Absolute Privacy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in versions up to, and including, 2.0.5. This is due to improper handling of password verification. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in with any legitimate username, including administrator accounts, and any password.
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 Absolute Privacy
All 2| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High8.8 | Cross-Site Request Forgery to User Email/Password Change ≤2.1No patch available | CVE-2023-4276 |
- High8.8Cross-Site Request Forgery to User Email/Password Change
≤2.1No patch available
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. 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.