CVE-2021-24240 is a critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability affecting the Business Hours Pro WordPress plugin through version 5.5.0. Attackers can exploit a flaw in the plugin's manual update functionality to upload arbitrary files, leading to full system compromise. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required, resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, its high FAUCET Risk Score of 86/100 indicates significant potential risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aivahthemes:business_hours_pro:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.