CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-24892

8.8 HIGH Published 2021-11-23 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-11-23
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-639

Description

Insecure Direct Object Reference in edit function of Advanced Forms (Free & Pro) before 1.6.9 allows authenticated remote attacker to change arbitrary user's email address and request for reset password, which could lead to take over of WordPress's administrator account. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must register to obtain a valid WordPress's user and use such user to authenticate with WordPress in order to exploit the vulnerable edit function.

Affected configurations

• advanced forms project advanced forms (< 1.6.9)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key weakness

References