CVE-2021-36888 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update vulnerability leading to full website compromise discovered in Image Hover Effects Ultimate (versions <= 9.6.1) WordPress plugin.

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 0.01092.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Blocksera	Image Hover Effects

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-23464	Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update vulnerability leading to full website compromise discovered in Image Hover Effects Ultimate (versions <= 9.6.1) WordPress plugin.

Fixes

Solution

Update to 9.6.2 or higher version.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/image-hover-effects-ultimate/wordpress-image-hover-effects-ultimate-plugin-9-6-1-unauthenticated-arbitrary-options-update-leading-to-full-website-compromise
https://wordpress.org/plugins/image-hover-effects-ultimate/#developers

History

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2021-12-15T18:06:58.217Z

Updated: 2025-03-28T16:16:42.122Z

Reserved: 2021-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-36888

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:01:59.840Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-15T19:15:14.963

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:14:15.370

Link: CVE-2021-36888

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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