CVE-2021-24537

The Similar Posts WordPress plugin through 3.1.5 allow high privilege users to execute arbitrary PHP code in an hardened environment (ie with DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT, DISALLOW_FILE_MODS and DISALLOW_UNFILTERED_HTML set to true) via the 'widget_rrm_similar_posts_condition' widget setting of the plugin.

CVSS v3 7.2 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.0 MEDIUM

7.2^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0d6b46cb-5244-486f-ad70-4023907ac9eb	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:shareaholic:similar_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

28 Jul 2022, 11:41

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE	~~CWE-94~~	NVD-CWE-Other

10 Nov 2021, 13:14

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-11-08 18:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 22:08

NVD link : CVE-2021-24537

Mitre link : CVE-2021-24537

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-24537

JSON object : View

Products Affected

shareaholic

similar_posts

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other CWE-94

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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