WP Reset <= 2.0 - Sensitive Information Exposure due to Insufficient Randomness

5.9
Use of Insufficiently Random Values
CVE CVE-2023-6799
CVSS 5.9 (Medium)
Publicly Published March 26, 2024
Last Updated May 10, 2024
Researcher Justin Kennedy

Description

The WP Reset – Most Advanced WordPress Reset Tool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.0 via the use of insufficiently random snapshot names. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including site backups by brute-forcing the snapshot filenames. Please note that the vendor does not plan to do any further hardening on this functionality.

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Vulnerability Details for WP Reset – Most Advanced WordPress Reset Tool

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-reset (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.01, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0
Patched Version
  • 2.01

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