8.8 - CVE-2021-24892

Executive Summary

Informations
Name	CVE-2021-24892	First vendor Publication	2021-11-23
Vendor	Cve	Last vendor Modification	2021-11-29

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score	8.8
Base Score	8.8	Environmental Score	8.8
impact SubScore	5.9	Temporal Score	8.8
Exploitabality Sub Score	2.8

Attack Vector	Network	Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	Low	User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	High	Availability Impact	High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score	6.5	Attack Range	Network
Cvss Impact Score	6.4	Attack Complexity	Low
Cvss Expoit Score	8	Authentication	Requires single instance
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Detail

Insecure Direct Object Reference in edit function of Advanced Forms (Free & Pro) before 1.6.9 allows authenticated remote attacker to change arbitrary user's email address and request for reset password, which could lead to take over of WordPress's administrator account. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must register to obtain a valid WordPress's user and use such user to authenticate with WordPress in order to exploit the vulnerable edit function.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-24892

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

%	Id	Name
100 %	CWE-639	Access Control Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Application	Advanced Forms Project Advanced Forms cpe:2.3:a:advanced_forms_project:advanced_forms:::::free:wordpress:: cpe:2.3:a:advanced_forms_project:advanced_forms:::::pro:wordpress::	2

Sources (Detail)

Source	Url
MISC	https://github.com/advancedforms/advanced-forms/commit/2ce3ab6985c3a909eefb01... https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/364b0843-a990-4204-848a-60c928cc5bc0