The Squaretype WordPress theme before 3.0.4 allows unauthenticated users to manipulate the query_vars used to retrieve the posts to display in one of its REST endpoint, without any validation. As a result, private and scheduled posts could be retrieved via a crafted request.
Published 2021-11-08 18:15:10
Updated 2021-11-13 04:03:36
Source WPScan
View at NVD,   CVE.org

Products affected by CVE-2021-24840

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-24840

0.15%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 52 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2021-24840

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.0
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
10.0
2.9
NIST
5.3
MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
3.9
1.4
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2021-24840

  • The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.
    Assigned by:
    • contact@wpscan.com (Secondary)
    • nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2021-24840

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