CVE-2021-24215

Controlled Admin Access <= 1.5.1 - Improper Access Control & Privilege Escalation

criticalImproper Access Control

9.8

CVSS Score

9.8

CVSS Score

critical

Severity

1.5.2

Patched in

1036d

Time to patch

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<1.5.2

PublishedMarch 23, 2021

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected plugincontrolled-admin-access

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/505b1f87-52c6-439c-a108-e2003971dc07?source=api-prod

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