Stop User Enumeration <= 1.2.4 — Security Bypass
f8a653ab-7703-4e73-8089-a15ba6cf9718Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.2.4Update to 1.2.5 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.3
- CVSS
- 7.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LWhat 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:LIntegrity- Low
A:LAvailability- Low
- Weakness
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
- 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≤ 1.2.4
- Patched in1.2.5
Update to 1.2.5 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.2.4. Version 1.2.5 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 1.2.5, 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 Andrew Horton.
The WordPress Stop User Enumeration Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Security Bypass in versions up to, and including, 1.2.4 via POST requests as the protection only functions as intended with GET requests. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform otherwise secured actions.
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
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|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | Protection Mechanism Bypass ≤1.7.2Update to 1.7.3 | CVE-2025-4302 | |
| 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 |
- Medium5.3Protection Mechanism Bypass
≤1.7.2Update to 1.7.3
- 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
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.3
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.