CVE-2021-25032 is a critical vulnerability affecting the PublishPress Capabilities and PublishPress Capabilities Pro WordPress plugins prior to version 2.3.1. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary blog options, including the default user role, due to missing authorization and CSRF checks during settings updates. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit intelligence indicates the availability of Nuclei templates for detection, and it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting active interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:publishpress:capabilities:*:*:*:*:-:wordpress:*:* | ||
< 2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:publishpress:capabilities:*:*:*:*:pro:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.