CVE-2021-24906

Protect WP Admin <= 3.6 - Unauthenticated Plugin Deactivation

highIncorrect Authorization

7.5

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Score

high

Severity

3.7

Patched in

761d

Time to patch

Description

The Protect WP Admin WordPress plugin before 3.7 does not check for authorisation in the lib/pwa-deactivate.php file, which could allow unauthenticated users to disable the plugin (and therefore the protection offered) via a crafted request

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

None

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=3.6

PublishedDecember 23, 2021

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginprotect-wp-admin

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2295b532-7833-4f5d-9778-de26390b04bd?source=api-prod

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