CVE-2021-24802 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Colorful Categories WordPress plugin before 2.0.15 does not enforce nonce checks which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin or editor change taxonomy colors via a CSRF attack

Published: 2021-11-17

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

Colorful Categories

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.0.15`	affected	< 2.0.15

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gesundheit-bewegt:colorful_categories:*:*:*:*:*: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-2021-11714	The Colorful Categories WordPress plugin before 2.0.15 does not enforce nonce checks which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin or editor change taxonomy colors via a CSRF attack

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00103.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d92db61f-341c-4f3f-b962-326194ddbd1e

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Gesundheit-bewegt Colorful Categories

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-11-17T10:15:41.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:42:17.223Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-24802

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-17T11:15:07.923

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:53:47.567

Link: CVE-2021-24802

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-352

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