THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2021-24820
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2021-24820

Cost Calculator vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
3.0%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
The Cost Calculator WordPress plugin through 1.6 allows authenticated users (Contributor+ in versions < 1.5, and Admin+ in versions <= 1.6) to perform path traversal and local PHP file inclusion on Windows Web Servers via the Cost Calculator post's Layout
Affected vendor
Bold Themes
Affected product
Cost Calculator
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2022-02-28

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-24820

  • Confirm whether Bold Themes Cost Calculator is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-24820.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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