CVE-2021-24655 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the WP User Manager WordPress plugin prior to version 2.6.3. This flaw allows any authenticated user to reset the password of any other user by knowing only their user ID, due to a lack of proper validation between the user ID and the password reset key. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requiring high attack complexity and low privileges. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit tools like Metasploit or Nuclei modules, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wpusermanager:wp_user_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.