CVE-2021-24154

CVSS V2 Medium 4 CVSS V3 Medium 4.9

Description

The Theme Editor WordPress plugin before 2.6 did not validate the GET file parameter before passing it to the download_file() function, allowing administrators to download arbitrary files on the web server, such as /etc/passwd

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2021-24154

Assigner
contact@wpscan.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2021-04-05T19:15:14

Last Modified Date
2021-04-19T16:55:56

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-552	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/552.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:themeeditor:theme_editor::::::wordpress::*	1	OR		2.6

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
HIGH

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.9

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.2

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/566c6836-fc3d-4dd9-b351-c3d9da9ec22e	Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24154
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-24154

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:15:26				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 01:06:50	2021-04-05T19:15Z	2021-04-05T19:15:14	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-06 01:06:50		2021-04-19T16:55:56	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-06 01:06:50		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated