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FKIE_CVE-2024-25595

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-05-17 09:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 07:16

Severity

5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Summary

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in WPMU DEV Defender Security allows Functionality Bypass.This issue affects Defender Security: from n/a through 4.4.1.

References

	URL	Tags
	audit@patchstack.com	https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/defender-security/wordpress-defender-security-plugin-4-4-1-ip-restriction-bypass-vulnerability?_s_id=cve	Third Party Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/defender-security/wordpress-defender-security-plugin-4-4-1-ip-restriction-bypass-vulnerability?_s_id=cve	Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	wpmudev	defender	*

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CVE-2024-25595 (GCVE-0-2024-25595)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-17 08:23 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:09

Title

WordPress Defender Security plugin <= 4.4.1 - IP Restriction Bypass vulnerability

Summary

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing vulnerability in WPMU DEV Defender Security allows Functionality Bypass.This issue affects Defender Security: from n/a through 4.4.1.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-05-21 19:21 UTC

CWE

CWE-290 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Assigner

Patchstack mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/def…	vdb-entry

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
WPMU DEV	Defender Security	Affected: n/a , ≤ 4.4.1 (custom)
wpmudev	defender_security	Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.4.1 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:wpmudev:defender_security::::::wordpress::*

Credits

Yudistira Arya (Patchstack Alliance)

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