CVE-2021-24998

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
The Simple JWT Login WordPress plugin before 3.3.0 can be used to create new WordPress user accounts with a randomly generated password. The password is generated using the str_shuffle PHP function that "does not generate cryptographically secure values, and should not be used for cryptographic purposes" according to PHP's documentation.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-24998
  • Assigner
  • contact@wpscan.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-12-27T11:15:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-01-07T17:16:43
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-326 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/326.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:simple_jwt_login_project:simple_jwt_login:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* 1 OR 3.3.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1cca404e-766a-43ab-b41f-77d6a3b282fb Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2613782 Patch Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24998
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-24998
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:38:04 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 05:13:04 2021-12-27T11:15Z 2021-12-27T11:15:09 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 05:13:04 2022-01-07T17:16:43 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 05:13:04 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated