WP Cerber Security <= 9.0 - User Enumeration Bypass
| CVE | CVE-2022-2939 |
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| CVSS | 5.3 (Medium) |
| Publicly Published | September 2, 2022 |
| Last Updated | January 22, 2024 |
| Researcher |
Margaux DABERT
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Description
The WP Cerber Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to security protection bypass in versions up to, and including 9.0, that makes user enumeration possible. This is due to improper validation on the value supplied through the 'author' parameter found in the ~/cerber-load.php file. In vulnerable versions, the plugin only blocks requests if the value supplied is numeric, making it possible for attackers to supply additional non-numeric characters to bypass the protection. The non-numeric characters are stripped and the user requested is displayed. This can be used by unauthenticated attackers to gather information about users that can targeted in further attacks.
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Vulnerability Details for WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug | wp-cerber (view on wordpress.org) |
| Patched? | Yes |
| Remediation | Update to version 9.1, or a newer patched version |
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Recent vulnerabilities in WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan
| # | Title | CVE ID | CVSS | Researchers | Date |
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| 1 | WP Cerber Security <= 9.4 - IP Protection Bypass | CVE-2022-4100 | chihyu | August 30, 2024 | |
| 2 | WP Cerber Security <= 9.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting | CVE-2022-4712 | Ram | April 19, 2023 | |
| 3 | WP Cerber Security <= 9.3.2 - User Enumeration Bypass via REST API | CVE-2022-4417 | Abdul Muneeb | December 12, 2022 | |
| 4 | WP Cerber Security <= 9.0 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting | August 22, 2022 | |||
| 5 | WP Cerber Security <= 8.9.5.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting | CVE-2022-0429 | Krzysztof Zając | February 14, 2022 | |
| 6 | WP Cerber Security < 8.9.3 - Multifactor Bypass | CVE-2021-37597 | August 16, 2021 | ||
| 7 | WP Cerber < 8.9.3 - Access Bypass Control | CVE-2021-37598 | Aaron Carreras | August 16, 2021 | |
| 8 | Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan < 2.7 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting | CVE-2016-10990 | Gerard Arall | April 1, 2016 |
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