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CVE-2023-34001 — WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall [hide-my-wp] < 5.0.26

CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2023-34001 WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall [hide-my-wp] < 5.0.26 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts Medium 5.3 < 5.0.26 5.0.26 2023-08-22

CVE-2023-34001

The Hide My WP Ghost plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CAPTCHA Bypass in versions up to, and including, 5.0.25. This is due a logic flaw within the brute_math_authenticate function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass CAPTCHA by omitting the `brute_ck` parameter from the authentication request.

Source: Wordfence

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