CVE-2021-4371 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP Quick FrontEnd Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Setting Changs in versions up to, and including, 5.5. This is due to lacking both a security nonce and a capabilities check. This makes it possible for low-authenticated attackers to change plugin settings even when they do not have the capabilities to do so.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

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 0.00064.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Pluginmirror	Wp Quick Frontend Editor

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-34198	The WP Quick FrontEnd Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Setting Changs in versions up to, and including, 5.5. This is due to lacking both a security nonce and a capabilities check. This makes it possible for low-authenticated attackers to change plugin settings even when they do not have the capabilities to do so.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-wordpress-wp-quick-frontend-editor-plugin-unpatched/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-quick-front-end-editor/#developers
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c392750b-ae4a-48b5-9ccb-43852fb13e27?source=cve

History

Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2023-06-07T01:51:41.960Z

Updated: 2024-12-20T23:50:50.798Z

Reserved: 2023-06-06T13:12:37.343Z

Link: CVE-2021-4371

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:23:10.723Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-07T02:15:14.967

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:37:31.803

Link: CVE-2021-4371

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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