CVE-2021-24803

The Core Tweaks WP Setup WordPress plugin through 4.1 allows to bulk-set many settings in WordPress, including the admin email, as well as creating a new admin account. There is no CSRF protection in place, allowing an attacker to arbitrary change the admin email or create another admin account and takeover the website via CSRF attacks

CVSS v3.1

8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 48th percentile

Published

2022-02-28

Updated

2024-08-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/97adac02-4163-48d4-ba14-0b1badfd3d42

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2021-24802
• CVE-2021-24804
• CVE-2021-24801
• CVE-2021-24805
• CVE-2021-24800
• CVE-2021-24806