Stop User Enumeration <= 1.2.4 - Security Bypass
| CVSS | 7.3 (High) |
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| Publicly Published | February 3, 2014 |
| Last Updated | January 22, 2024 |
| Researcher |
Andrew Horton
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Description
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.
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Vulnerability Details for Stop User Enumeration
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug | stop-user-enumeration (view on wordpress.org) |
| Patched? | Yes |
| Remediation | Update to version 1.2.5, or a newer patched version |
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Recent vulnerabilities in Stop User Enumeration
| # | Title | CVE ID | CVSS | Researchers | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop User Enumeration <= 1.7.2 - Protection Mechanism Bypass | CVE-2025-4302 | Stan, Chin Siang Leow | June 26, 2025 | |
| 2 | Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get | CVE-2023-33999 | Rafie Muhammad | July 18, 2023 | |
| 3 | Freemius SDK <= 2.2.3 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update | February 25, 2019 | |||
| 4 | Stop User Enumeration plugin <1.3.9 - User Enumeration | CVE-2017-1000226 | Mallory Adams | May 16, 2017 | |
| 5 | Stop User Enumeration <= 1.3.7 - Cross-Site Scripting | CVE-2017-18536 | Zee Shan | January 15, 2017 | |
| 6 | Stop User Enumeration <= 1.3.8 - Unauthenticated Username Enumeration | CVE-2017-1000226 | Glyn Wintle, dwxsupport | January 4, 2017 | |
| 7 | Stop User Enumeration <= 1.3.4 - Username Enumeration Bypasses | January 4, 2017 |
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