CVE-2021-24193

Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics <= 2.11 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation

highImproper Authorization

8.8

CVSS Score

8.8

CVSS Score

high

Severity

2.12

Patched in

1006d

Time to patch

Description

Low privileged users can use the AJAX action 'cp_plugins_do_button_job_later_callback' in the Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics WordPress plugin before 2.12, to install any plugin (including a specific version) from the WordPress repository, as well as activate arbitrary plugin from then blog, which helps attackers install vulnerable plugins and could lead to more critical vulnerabilities like RCE.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=2.11

PublishedApril 22, 2021

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginvisitors-traffic-real-time-statistics

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/33086968-359f-46d7-825e-29c4e4449899?source=api-prod

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