CVE-2021-25032

PublishPress Capabilities < 2.3.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update to Blog Compromise

The PublishPress Capabilities WordPress plugin before 2.3.1, PublishPress Capabilities Pro WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when updating the plugin's settings via the init hook, and does not ensure that the options to be updated belong to the plugin. As a result, unauthenticated attackers could update arbitrary blog options, such as the default role and make any new registered user with an administrator role.

Affected

PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Access, Editor Permissions, Admin Menus · PublishPress Capabilities Pro

CVSS v3.1 NVD

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

6.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 94th percentile

Nuclei

critical · CWE-352

Published

2022-01-10

Updated

2024-08-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2f0f1a32-0c7a-48e6-8617-e0b2dcf62727
• RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2021-250320★ · 2023-08-09

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-25032.yaml

Security advisories

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2640161

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry