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Solid SecurityWordPress extension · Solidwp

CVE-2022-44593

MEDIUM · 5.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-06-21
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 9.3.2 or later.
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62/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Use of Less Trusted Source vulnerability in SolidWP Solid Security allows HTTP DoS.This issue affects Solid Security: from n/a through 9.3.1.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

The vulnerability involves the application trusting less trusted sources (likely HTTP headers such as X-Forwarded-For) for rate limiting or access control decisions. Attackers can manipulate these headers to bypass DoS protections and exhaust server resources.

MitigationUpdate Solid Security to the latest patched version. As a compensating control, implement server-level rate limiting that relies on actual connection details rather than client-supplied headers.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Solid SecurityWordPress extension
Affected:< 9.3.2

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm Solid Security is installed
    Check your WordPress plugins directory or admin panel for the Solid Security plugin
    Affected if The plugin is installed and active in your WordPress environment
  2. Check the installed version
    View the plugin version in WordPress admin under Plugins, or check the plugin header file for version information
    Affected if Version is below 9.3.2 (the patched release)
  3. Identify if rate limiting is enabled
    Review Solid Security settings dashboard for any active rate limiting or IP-based access control features
    Affected if Rate limiting or IP-based throttling features are turned on

Your environment is affected if Solid Security version is below 9.3.2 and rate limiting is enabled, particularly if it relies on X-Forwarded-For or similar HTTP headers for tracking request origins.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 9.3.2 or later
Fixed in 9.3.2
Interim mitigation

Update Solid Security to the latest patched version. As a compensating control, implement server-level rate limiting that relies on actual connection details rather than client-supplied headers.

Recommended fix High confidence

9.3.2

  1. Upgrade Solid Security plugin to version 9.3.2 or later

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Solid Security Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
9.0 hours of engineering $1,600
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