CVE-2021-24215

Controlled Admin Access < 1.5.2 - Improper Access Control & Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An Improper Access Control vulnerability was discovered in the Controlled Admin Access WordPress plugin before 1.5.2. Uncontrolled access to the website customization functionality and global CMS settings, like /wp-admin/customization.php and /wp-admin/options.php, can lead to a complete compromise of the target resource.

Se detectó una vulnerabilidad de Control de Acceso inapropiado en el plugin Controlled Admin Access WordPress versiones anteriores a 1.5.2. Un acceso no controlado a la funcionalidad website customization y una configuración global de CMS, como los archivos /wp-admin/customization.php y /wp-admin/options.php, puede conllevar a un compromiso total del recurso apuntado

*Credits: m0ze

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-01-14 CVE Reserved
2021-03-23 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-03 First Exploit
2025-01-12 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-284: Improper Access Control
CWE-425: Direct Request ('Forced Browsing')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-03-18%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-284%5D-Controlled-Admin-Access-WordPress-Plugin-v1.4.0.txt	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/eec0f29f-a985-4285-8eed-d1855d204a20	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wpruby Search vendor "Wpruby"		Controlled Admin Access Search vendor "Wpruby" for product "Controlled Admin Access"				< 1.5.2 Search vendor "Wpruby" for product "Controlled Admin Access" and version " < 1.5.2"		wordpress		Affected