CVE-2021-24804 describes a critical vulnerability in the Simple JWT Login WordPress plugin prior to version 3.2.1. This flaw, categorized as a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (CWE-352), allows an attacker to manipulate a logged-in administrator into changing plugin settings without their knowledge. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk, as it can lead to unauthorized modification of critical settings like the HMAC verification secret, user registration options, and default user roles, potentially resulting in a full site takeover. While the vulnerability is severe and easily exploitable with user interaction (UI:R), there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:simple_jwt_login_project:simple_jwt_login:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.