CVE-2021-34621 is a critical vulnerability in the ProfilePress WordPress plugin (versions 3.0.0 - 3.1.3) that allows unauthenticated users to register as administrators due to a flaw in the user registration component. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB and Nuclei templates, and it has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.0.0, <= 3.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:properfraction:profilepress:*:*:*:*:*: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.