CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-24356
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-06-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862
Description
In the Simple 301 Redirects by BetterLinks WordPress plugin before 2.0.4, a lack of capability checks and insufficient nonce check on the AJAX action, simple301redirects/admin/activate_plugin, made it possible for authenticated users to activate arbitrary plugins installed on vulnerable sites.
Affected configurations
• wpdeveloper simple 301 redirects (>= 2.0.0 < 2.0.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/be356530-5e00-4f27-8177-b80f3c1ae6e8 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/05/severe-vulnerabilities-patched-in-simple-301-redirects-by-betterlinks-plugin/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/be356530-5e00-4f27-8177-b80f3c1ae6e8 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/05/severe-vulnerabilities-patched-in-simple-301-redirects-by-betterlinks-plugin/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory