WordPress Image Hover Effects Ultimate plugin <= 9.6.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update leading to full website compromise
CVE-2021-36888

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Image Hover Effects Ultimate (WordPress Plugin)
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 December 2021

Summary

Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update vulnerability leading to full website compromise discovered in Image Hover Effects Ultimate (versions <= 9.6.1) WordPress plugin.

Affected Version(s)

Image Hover Effects Ultimate (WordPress plugin) <= 9.6.1 <= 9.6.1

References

https://wordpress.org/plugins/image-hover-effects-ultimat...
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https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/image-hover...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Vulnerability discovered by John Castro (Pagely)
.