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CVE-2021-24917

81
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-24917 is a high-severity information disclosure vulnerability affecting the WPS Hide Login WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.9.1. An unauthenticated attacker can bypass the hidden login page by sending a request to /wp-admin/options.php with a random referer string, potentially revealing the secret login URL. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, leading to high confidentiality impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit modules exist for Metasploit and Nuclei, indicating readily available tools for attackers. Despite this, there is currently no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wpserveur:wps_hide_login:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
71.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: WordPress WPS Hide Login Login Page Revealer · Oct 27, 2021
Nuclei: CVE-2021-24917 · Sep 1, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7153 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

wordpress.org / support/topic/bypass-security-issue
Third Party Advisory
wpscan.com / vulnerability/15bb711a-7d70-4891-b7a2-c473e3e8b375
ExploitThird Party Advisory