CVE-2021-47932

WordPress TheCartPress 1.5.3.6 contains an unauthenticated privilege escalation vulnerability that allows attackers to create administrator accounts by submitting crafted requests to the AJAX handler. Attackers can send POST requests to the tcp_register_and_login_ajax action with tcp_role set to administrator to gain full administrative access without authentication.

CVSS v4.0

9.3 CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CVSS v3.1

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

EPSS

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 34th percentile

Published

2026-05-10

Updated

2026-07-15

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50378

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2021-47931
• CVE-2021-47933
• CVE-2021-47930
• CVE-2021-47934
• CVE-2021-47929
• CVE-2021-47935