Vulnerability · Published Apr 9, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2023-6799WP Reset <= 2.0 - Sensitive Information Exposure due to Insufficient Randomness
Medium 5.9
In plain English
A medium-severity weak randomness in WP Reset from webfactory. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| webfactory | WP Reset | 0 – through 2.0 |
Weakness: CWE-330 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/68f41e88-ed36-4361-bddd-41495a540cd9?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/wp-reset/tags/1.99&old=3059287&new_path=/wp-reset/tags/2.0&new=3059287&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3071811%40wp-reset&new=3071811%40wp-reset&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=