PT-2021-11956 · Ithemes · Ithemes Security

Published 2021-01-06 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2020-36176

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: iThemes Security plugin versions prior to 7.7.0

Description: The issue concerns the iThemes Security plugin, which does not enforce a new-password requirement for an existing account until the second login occurs. This affects existing accounts, potentially allowing unauthorized access.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 7.7.0, update to version 7.7.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider manually enforcing new-password requirements for existing accounts until the update can be applied.

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-36176

Affected Products

Ithemes Security

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36176 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36176 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/#developers · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/21672 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/8213 · Telegram Post