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Authentication vulnerability in MainWP Child – Securely Connects Sites to the MainWP WordPress Manager Dashboard 3.4.5

  • Severity: high-risk
  • Status: Fixed
  • Publication: February 18, 2018

The MainWP Child plugin for WordPress has a security issue that allows attackers to gain administrator access to the website. This vulnerability affects versions up to 3.4.4 and is caused by insufficient validation on the check_login function. If exploited, attackers can gain full control of the affected website.

Detected in:

MainWP Child – Securely Connects Sites to the MainWP WordPress Manager Dashboard fixed vulnerable versions: >= * < 3.4.5
MainWP Child – Securely Connects to the MainWP Dashboard to Manage Multiple Sites fixed vulnerable versions:

This information is sourced from www.wpvulnerability.com. An open-source database of vulnerabilities maintained by the community. Help us out by submitting vulnerabilities!

Version compare shows which versions have a vulnerability. For example: >= 2.2.8 <= 2.2.21 means:

> from 2.2.8
= including 2.2.8 & 2.2.21
< to 2.2.21

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