CVE-2023-5089

Defender Security < 4.1.0 - Protection Bypass (Hidden Login Page)

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Published Oct 16, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 2.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

The Defender Security WordPress plugin before 4.1.0 does not prevent redirects to the login page via the auth_redirect WordPress function, allowing an unauthenticated visitor to access the login page, even when the hide login page functionality of the plugin is enabled.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Defender Security

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 4.1.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpmudev:defender_security:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.5% (2.473% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2b547488-187b-44bc-a57d-f876a7d4c87d
https://www.sprocketsecurity.com/resources/discovering-wp-admin-urls-in-wordpress-with-gravityforms

History

Apr 23, 2025 4:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Wpmudev Defender Security

Weaknesses

No weakness.

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 23, 2025, 4:10 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: Oct 16, 2023, 7:39 PM
Updated: Apr 23, 2025, 4:10 PM
Reserved: Sep 20, 2023, 2:56 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:44 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:44 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:47 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 16, 2023, 8:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:47 AM

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