CVE-2019-15823 describes a critical protection bypass vulnerability in the WPS Hide Login plugin for WordPress, affecting versions prior to 1.5.3. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to bypass the login page protection. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog or having Metasploit modules, Nuclei templates exist for detecting and exploiting this issue, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wpserveur:wps_hide_login:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.