THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2021-4374
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2021-4374

Wordpress Automatic Plugin vulnerability

CVSS
9.1
EPSS
16.4%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
The WordPress Automatic Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary options updates in versions up to, and including, 3.53.2. This is due to missing authorization and option validation in the process_form.php file. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to arbitrarily update the settings of a vulnerable site and ultimately compromise the entire site.
Affected vendor
Valvepress
Affected product
Wordpress Automatic Plugin
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2023-06-07

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 16.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-4374

  • Confirm whether Valvepress Wordpress Automatic Plugin is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-4374.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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