CVE-2021-24881 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Passster WordPress plugin before 3.5.5.9 does not properly check for password, as well as that the post to be viewed is public, allowing unauthenticated users to bypass the protection offered by the plugin, and access arbitrary posts (such as private) content, by sending a specifically crafted request.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00606.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Passster Project Subscribe	Passter Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-11793	The Passster WordPress plugin before 3.5.5.9 does not properly check for password, as well as that the post to be viewed is public, allowing unauthenticated users to bypass the protection offered by the plugin, and access arbitrary posts (such as private) content, by sending a specifically crafted request.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0967303d-ea49-4993-84eb-a7ec97240071

History

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-23T14:31:29.900Z

Updated: 2025-04-02T15:23:05.707Z

Reserved: 2021-01-14T15:03:46.808Z

Link: CVE-2021-24881

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:49:13.958Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-23T15:15:13.147

Modified: 2025-04-02T16:15:16.103

Link: CVE-2021-24881

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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