CVE-2023-2982
Published: 29 June 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-2982 is a critical-severity Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel (CWE-288) vulnerability in Miniorange Wordpress Social Login And Register \(Discord\, Google\, Twitter\, Linkedin\). Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 1.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The WordPress Social Login and Register (Discord, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn) plugin, also known as miniorange-login-openid, is affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability in versions up to and including 7.6.4. The flaw stems from insufficient encryption of the user identity supplied during social login validation, allowing the plugin to accept untrusted user data when processing authentication requests.
Unauthenticated attackers who know a target user's email address can exploit the issue to log in as that user, including site administrators, without any other credentials or user interaction. The attack requires no privileges and can be performed remotely over the network.
The vulnerability was partially addressed in version 7.6.4 and fully resolved in 7.6.5, as reflected in the plugin's changelog and code changesets on the WordPress Trac repository. Security advisories from Wordfence and independent researchers recommend immediate upgrade to the patched release and note the associated CWE-288 weakness.
The EPSS score reached a peak of 0.8357 before receding to its current value of 0.7012, indicating sustained but not increasing exploitation interest after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-34420
Vulnerability details
The WordPress Social Login and Register (Discord, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 7.6.4. This is due to insufficient encryption on the user being supplied during a login validated…
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through the plugin. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator, if they know the email address associated with that user. This was partially patched in version 7.6.4 and fully patched in version 7.6.5.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Authorizing remote access reduces the ability to bypass authentication via unauthorized alternate remote channels.
Users can identify logons via alternate paths or channels by reviewing the previous logon time.
Adaptive requirements can apply across access paths, reducing the ability to bypass authentication via alternate channels or paths.
Centralized IdPs close alternate authentication paths that enable bypass.
Enforces authentication for non-organizational users, making it harder to bypass via alternate paths or channels.
Requires authentication to occur exclusively over the isolated trusted path, directly preventing bypass via alternate or untrusted channels.