Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-4374 - Missing Authorization vulnerability in Valvepress Wordpress Automatic Plugin

047910
CVSS 9.8 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
valvepress
CWE-862
critical
NVD
Published: 2023-06-07
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

The WordPress Automatic Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary options updates in versions up to, and including, 3.53.2. This is due to missing authorization and option validation in the process_form.php file. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to arbitrarily update the settings of a vulnerable site and ultimately compromise the entire site.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Valvepress
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

References