WordPress WordPress Social Login and Register Plugin <= 7.6.4 is vulnerable to a high priority Broken Authentication
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<= 7.6.4Vulnerable version(s)
7.6.5Fixed version
28 Jun, 2023
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CVSS 9.8This vulnerability is highly dangerous and expected to become exploited.
Known to be exploited!
9.8
Broken Authentication
This can be abused by a malicious actor to perform action which normally should only be able to be executed by higher privileged users. These actions might allow the malicious actor to gain admin access to the website.
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Solutions
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Timeline
20 Aug, 2023