CVE-2021-24635 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting the Visual Link Preview WordPress plugin prior to version 2.2.3. It allows any authenticated user, including subscribers, to bypass authorization checks on several AJAX actions. This enables them to access draft post content, retrieve titles of password-protected posts, and upload images from URLs. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium) due to its low attack complexity and the potential for information disclosure and limited integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bootstrapped:visual_link_preview:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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