CVE-2021-4360

Published Jun 7, 2023

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description: The Controlled Admin Access plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.5.5 by not properly restricting access to the configuration page. This makes it possible for attackers to create a new administrator role with unrestricted access.
Source: security@wordfence.com
NVD status: Modified

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

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wpruby:controlled_admin_access:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "B6FDF6FD-64C0-4EFD-8137-76072D0AB5A5",
            "versionEndIncluding": "1.5.5"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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