CVE-2021-39333 (GCVE-0-2021-39333)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-11-01 21:01
Modified
2025-03-31 17:46
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Summary
The Hashthemes Demo Importer Plugin <= 1.1.1 for WordPress contained several AJAX functions which relied on a nonce which was visible to all logged-in users for access control, allowing them to execute a function that truncated nearly all database tables and removed the contents of wp-content/uploads.
References
| URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hashthemes | Hashthemes Demo Importer |
Version: 1.1.1 < |
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