CVE-2021-24779

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
The WP Debugging WordPress plugin before 2.11.0 has its update_settings() function hooked to admin_init and is missing any authorisation and CSRF checks, as a result, the settings can be updated by unauthenticated users.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-24779
  • Assigner
  • contact@wpscan.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-10-25T14:15:10
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-10-24T16:05:35
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-352 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wp_debugging_project:wp_debugging:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* 1 OR 2.11.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8d0e65ee-fdd1-4fd6-9a27-01664c703d90 Exploit Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24779
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-24779
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:44:50 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 13:13:20 2021-10-25T14:15Z 2021-10-25T14:15:10 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 13:13:20 2022-10-24T16:05:35 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 13:13:20 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated