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WEB APPLICATION VULNERABILITIES Standard & Premium

Controlled Admin Access Security Bypass (1.4.0)

Description

WordPress Plugin Controlled Admin Access is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently take full control over the website. WordPress Plugin Controlled Admin Access version 1.4.0 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 1.5.2 or latest

References

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzoHZ1JFykY

https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/[2021-03-18]-[WordPress]-[CWE-284]-Controlled-Admin-Access-WordPress-Plugin-v1.4.0.txt

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/controlled-admin-access/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2021-24215 CWE-284 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass

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