CVE-2021-24840 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting the Squaretype WordPress theme before version 3.0.4. It allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate query_vars in a REST endpoint, enabling the retrieval of private and scheduled posts without validation. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a potential impact of partial confidentiality compromise. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:codesupply:squaretype:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.