CVE-2021-36888

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update vulnerability leading to full website compromise discovered in Image Hover Effects Ultimate (versions <= 9.6.1) WordPress plugin.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-36888
  • Assigner
  • audit@patchstack.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-12-15T19:15:14
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-10-27T17:00:33
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-306 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/306.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:blocksera:image_hover_effects:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* 1 OR 9.6.1
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/image-hover-effects-ultimate/wordpress-image-hover-effects-ultimate-plugin-9-6-1-unauthenticated-arbitrary-options-update-leading-to-full-website-compromise Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/image-hover-effects-ultimate/#developers Release Notes Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36888
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-36888
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:40:38 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 04:07:49 2021-12-15T19:15Z 2021-12-15T19:15:14 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 04:07:49 2022-10-27T17:00:33 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 04:07:49 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated