CVE-2022-2939

MEDIUM

WP Cerber Security < 9.0 - Unauthenticated User Enumeration via Author Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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

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