CVE-2023-51490 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in WPMU DEV Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall.This issue affects Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall: from n/a through 4.1.0.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00693.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wpmudev	Defender Security

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpmudev:defender_security:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-56203	Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in WPMU DEV Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall.This issue affects Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall: from n/a through 4.1.0.

Fixes

Solution

Update to 4.2.0 or a higher version.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/defender-security/wordpress-defender-security-plugin-4-1-0-sensitive-data-exposure-via-log-file-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Fri, 23 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2024-01-08T20:17:34.600Z

Updated: 2025-05-23T16:02:27.741Z

Reserved: 2023-12-20T15:32:40.110Z

Link: CVE-2023-51490

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T22:32:10.360Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-08T21:15:09.213

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:38:13.983

Link: CVE-2023-51490

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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