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CVE-2021-24194

Exploit

Login Protection - Limit Failed Login Attempts < 2.9 - Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation via Low Privilege User

Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection) <= 2.8 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation

Low privileged users can use the AJAX action 'cp_plugins_do_button_job_later_callback' in the Login Protection - Limit Failed Login Attempts WordPress plugin before 2.9, to install any plugin (including a specific version) from the WordPress repository, as well as activate arbitrary plugin from then blog, which helps attackers install vulnerable plugins and could lead to more critical vulnerabilities like RCE.
Mögliche Gegenmaßnahme
Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection): Update to version 2.9, or a newer patched version
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Wp-buy ≫ Login Protection - Limit Failed Login Attempts SwPlatformwordpress Version < 2.9
Weitere Schwachstelleninformationen
SystemWordPress Plugin
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Produkt Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection)
Version [*, 2.9)
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 1.33% 0.672
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 8.8 2.8 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd@nist.gov 6.5 8 6.4
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE-285 Improper Authorization

The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/74889e29-5349-43d1-baf5-1622493be90c
Patch
Third Party Advisory
Exploit
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/da24aad2-ae6b-411e-a229-0df585215731
Third Party Advisory