CVE-2023-5089

Defender Security < 4.1.0 - Protection Bypass (Hidden Login Page)

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: October 16, 2023 at 07:39 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:47 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDefender

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
PoC

Description

The Defender Security WordPress plugin before 4.1.0 does not prevent redirects to the login page via the auth_redirect WordPress function, allowing an unauthenticated visitor to access the login page, even when the hide login page functionality of the plugin is enabled.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Defender· Wpmudevwordpress-plugin
95%
v < 4.1.0
Affected range stops below 4.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.3MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE

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