CVE-2022-2939 MEDIUM

CVE-2022-2939: WP Cerber Security <= 9.0 - User Enumeration Bypass

Vendor Gioni
Product WP Cerber Security, Anti-spam & Malware Scan
Weakness CWE-200 · Info exposure
Published September 6, 2022
Last update February 7, 2025

CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The WP Cerber Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to security protection bypass in versions up to, and including 9.0, that makes user enumeration possible. This is due to improper validation on the value supplied through the 'author' parameter found in the ~/cerber-load.php file. In vulnerable versions, the plugin only blocks requests if the value supplied is numeric, making it possible for attackers to supply additional non-numeric characters to bypass the protection. The non-numeric characters are stripped and the user requested is displayed. This can be used by unauthenticated attackers to gather information about users that can targeted in further attacks.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

September 6, 2022 CVE published
February 7, 2025 Record updated