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critical 9.1

GHSA-2f4r-34m4-3w8q json

Auth0 Wordpress plugin Vulnerable to Brute Force Authentication Tags of CookieStore Sessions

published last yr. modified 9mo ago

cvss
9.1
version 3.1, GitHub
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
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no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

**Overview** Session cookies of applications using the Auth0 Wordpress plugin configured with CookieStore have authentication tags that can be brute forced, which may result in unauthorized access.

**Am I Affected?** You are affected by this vulnerability if you meet the following pre-conditions: 1. Applications using the Auth0 WordPress Plugin with version <=5.2.1 2. Auth0 WordPress Plugin uses the Auth0-PHP SDK with version 8.0.0-BETA1 or higher and below 8.14.0. 3. Session storage configured with CookieStore.

**Fix** Upgrade Auth0/wordpress plugin to v5.3.0. As an additional precautionary measure, we recommend rotating your cookie encryption keys. Note that once updated, any previous session cookies will be rejected.

**Acknowledgement** Okta would like to thank Félix Charette for discovering this vulnerability.

Patch / fix

  • packagist auth0/wordpress 5.3.0

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CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
GitHub 3.1 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist auth0/wordpress
<5.3.0
5.3.0

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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