CVE-2021-34621

ProfilePress 3.0 - 3.1.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

A vulnerability in the user registration component found in the ~/src/Classes/RegistrationAuth.php file of the ProfilePress WordPress plugin made it possible for users to register on sites as an administrator. This issue affects versions 3.0.0 - 3.1.3. .

Una vulnerabilidad en el componente de registro de usuarios encontrada en el archivo ~/src/Classes/RegistrationAuth.php del plugin ProfilePress de WordPress hace posible para usuarios registrarse en los sitios como administradores. Este problema afecta a las versiones 3.0.0 - 3.1.3

WordPress ProfilePress plugin version 3.1.3 suffers from a privilege escalation vulnerability.

*Credits: Chloe Chamberland, Wordfence

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

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-06-10 CVE Reserved
2021-06-28 CVE Published
2021-08-31 First Exploit
2024-10-15 CVE Updated
2024-10-23 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50242	2021-08-31
https://github.com/navreet1425/CVE-2021-34621	2023-09-30
https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2021-34621	2023-08-09
https://github.com/K3ysTr0K3R/CVE-2021-34621-EXPLOIT	2023-08-13
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163973/WordPress-ProfilePress-3.1.3-Privilege-Escalation.html	2024-10-15
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/06/easily-exploitable-critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-profilepress-plugin	2024-10-15

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
Properfraction Search vendor "Properfraction"		Profilepress Search vendor "Properfraction" for product "Profilepress"				>= 3.0.0 <= 3.1.3 Search vendor "Properfraction" for product "Profilepress" and version " >= 3.0.0 <= 3.1.3"		wordpress		Affected