Check Point Advisories

WordPress WPEngine Better Search Replace Plugin Insecure Deserialization (CVE-2023-6933)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2023-1573
Date Published: 1 Jan 2025
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Wednesday 01 January, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2023-6933
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? WordPress WPEngine Better Search Replace Plugin prior to 1.4.5
Vulnerability Description An insecure deserialization vulnerability exists in WordPress WPEngine Better Search Replace Plugin. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress WPEngine Better Search Replace Plugin Insecure Deserialization (CVE-2023-6933) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  WordPress Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information:  WordPress WPEngine Better Search Replace Plugin Insecure Deserialization (CVE-2023-6933)

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