Description
WordPress Plugin Clerk is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform time-based attacks in the validation function for all API requests due to the usage of comparison operators to verify API keys against the ones stored in the site options. WordPress Plugin Clerk version 3.8.3 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.
Remediation
Update to plugin version 4.0.0 or latest
References
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