CVE-2021-24717 describes a critical vulnerability in the AutomatorWP WordPress plugin prior to version 1.7.6, affecting its functionality. This flaw allows authenticated users with subscriber-level privileges to perform unauthorized actions, including enumerating automations, disclosing private post titles or user emails, calling arbitrary functions, and potentially escalating privileges through various Ajax actions. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or active exploitation (KEV) has been identified, and community discussion is minimal, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 68/100 indicates a significant potential risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.7.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:automatorwp:automatorwp:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.