CVE-2022-2939
MEDIUMWP Cerber Security < 9.0 - Unauthenticated User Enumeration via Author Parameter
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2939
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2772930/wp-cerber/trunk/cerber-load.php
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0066
EPSS Percentile
47.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (1)
cerber/wp_cerber_security\,_anti-spam_\&_malware_scan
< 9.0
Published
Sep 06, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026