CVE-2021-24783 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting the Post Expirator WordPress plugin prior to version 2.6.0. It stems from improper capability checks, allowing authenticated users with roles as low as Contributor to schedule the deletion of any post. The CVSS score of 6.5 reflects a network-based attack with low complexity and privileges, leading to high integrity impact (unauthorized deletion) but no confidentiality or availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:publishpress:post_expirator:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.