CVE-2021-24195
Published May 14, 2021
Last updated 2 years ago
Overview
- Description
- Low privileged users can use the AJAX action 'cp_plugins_do_button_job_later_callback' in the Login as User or Customer (User Switching) WordPress plugin before 1.8, to install any plugin (including a specific version) from the WordPress repository, as well as activate arbitrary plugin from then blog, which helps attackers install vulnerable plugins and could lead to more critical vulnerabilities like RCE.
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 8.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 2.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.5
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 8
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
- contact@wpscan.com
- CWE-285
Configurations
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{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wp-buy:login_as_user_or_customer_\\(user_switching\\):*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "439E571B-9589-4F89-918D-67484A007370",
"versionEndExcluding": "1.8"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]