High severity · published May 14, 2021
CVE-2021-24193
Low privileged users can use the AJAX action 'cp_plugins_do_button_job_later_callback' in the Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics WordPress plugin before 2.12, to install any…
8.8
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Low privileged users can use the AJAX action 'cp_plugins_do_button_job_later_callback' in the Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics WordPress plugin before 2.12, 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VT
Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics · Wp-buy
before 2.12 · source: NVD
Affected product
VT
Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics
Wp-buy
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24193
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24193
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/74889e29-5349-43d1-baf5-1622493be90c
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