CVE-2021-24783 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Post Expirator WordPress plugin before 2.6.0 does not have proper capability checks in place, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to schedule deletion of arbitrary posts.

Published: 2021-11-08

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Post Expirator: Automatically Unpublish WordPress Posts

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.6.0`	affected	< 2.6.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:publishpress:post_expirator:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-11695	The Post Expirator WordPress plugin before 2.6.0 does not have proper capability checks in place, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to schedule deletion of arbitrary posts.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0019.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/de51b970-ab13-41a6-a479-a92cd0e70b71

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Publishpress Post Expirator

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-11-08T17:35:19.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:42:17.350Z

Reserved: 2021-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-24783

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-08T18:15:09.763

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:53:45.337

Link: CVE-2021-24783

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-863

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