CVE-2021-4425

Summary

The Defender Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.4.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the verify_otp_login_time() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to verify a one time login via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
wpmudevDefender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall0 <= 2.4.6affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-352: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References