CVE-2021-24189 (GCVE-0-2021-24189)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-05-14 11:38
Modified
2024-08-03 19:21
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-285 - Improper Authorization
Summary
Low privileged users can use the AJAX action 'cp_plugins_do_button_job_later_callback' in the Captchinoo, Google recaptcha for admin login page WordPress plugin before 2.4, 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.
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| wp-buy | Captchinoo, Google recaptcha for admin login page |
Version: 2.4 < 2.4 |
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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