CVE-2021-24191
WP Maintenance Mode & Site Under Construction < 1.8.2 - Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation via Low Privilege User
HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.3%
Low privileged users can use the AJAX action 'cp_plugins_do_button_job_later_callback' in the WP Maintenance Mode & Site Under Construction WordPress plugin before 1.8.2, to install any plugin (including a specific version) from the WordPress repository, as well as activate arbitrary plugin from then blog, which helps attackers install vulnerable plugins and could lead to more critical vulnerabilities like RCE.
- Affected
- wp-buy · WP Maintenance Mode & Site Under Construction
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 8.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 70th percentile
- Published
- 2021-05-14
- Updated
- 2024-08-03