CVE-2021-24997 is an authorization bypass vulnerability in the WP Guppy WordPress plugin prior to version 1.3. This flaw allows unauthenticated users to access REST API endpoints, leading to sensitive information disclosure, including usernames and chat logs, and enabling message sending as arbitrary users. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, potentially impacting confidentiality and integrity. While not actively exploited in the wild (not in KEV), Nuclei templates exist for information disclosure, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wp-guppy:wp_guppy:*:*:*:*:*: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:L/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.