CVE-2021-34621 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A vulnerability in the user registration component found in the ~/src/Classes/RegistrationAuth.php file of the ProfilePress WordPress plugin made it possible for users to register on sites as an administrator. This issue affects versions 3.0.0 - 3.1.3. .

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.92771.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

ProfilePress

ProfilePress

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`3.0.0 - 3.1.3`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:properfraction:profilepress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Properfraction Subscribe	Profilepress Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

Update to version 3.1.4 or higher.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163973/WordPress-ProfilePress-3.1.3-Privilege-Escalation.html
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/06/easily-exploitable-critical-vulnerabilities-patched-in-profilepress-plugin/

History

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:properfraction:profilepress:-:::::wordpress::
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2021-07-07T12:21:16.266655Z

Updated: 2024-10-15T18:57:02.370Z

Reserved: 2021-06-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-34621

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T00:19:47.452Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-07-07T13:15:08.537

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:10:49.780

Link: CVE-2021-34621

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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