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CVE-2021-4360

CRITICAL

9.9

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.9

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published6/7/2023

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

wpruby:controlled_admin_access

References

https://blog.nintechnet.com/vulnerabilities-fixed-in-wordpress-controlled-admin-access-plugin/(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/controlled-admin-access/trunk/readme.txt(security@wordfence.com)

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5ddc0a9d-c081-4bef-aa87-3b10d037379c(security@wordfence.com)

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c57211a-f59d-4379-b09e-7c6049a6b04d?source=cve(security@wordfence.com)

https://blog.nintechnet.com/vulnerabilities-fixed-in-wordpress-controlled-admin-access-plugin/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/controlled-admin-access/trunk/readme.txt(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5ddc0a9d-c081-4bef-aa87-3b10d037379c(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c57211a-f59d-4379-b09e-7c6049a6b04d?source=cve(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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