CVE-2023-3139 — The Protect WP Admin WordPress plugin before 4

The Protect WP Admin WordPress plugin before 4.0 discloses the URL of the admin panel via a redirection of a crafted URL, bypassing the protection offered.

01What is this vulnerability?

The Protect WP Admin WordPress plugin before 4.0 discloses the URL of the admin panel via a redirection of a crafted URL, bypassing the protection offered.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Protect WP Admin	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-07-04T07:23:27.209Z
• Last modified: 2024-11-22T15:31:30.308Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f8a29aee-19cd-4e62-b829-afc9107f69bd
• magos-securitas.com — https://magos-securitas.com/txt/CVE-2023-3139.txt