Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics < 2.12 - Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation via Low Privilege User
CVE-2021-24193

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 May 2021

What is CVE-2021-24193?

Low privileged users can use the AJAX action 'cp_plugins_do_button_job_later_callback' in the Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics WordPress plugin before 2.12, 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.

Affected Version(s)

Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics 2.12

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/74889e29-5349-43d1-baf5-...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Bugbang
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