CVE-2021-4360 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the WordPress Controlled Admin Access plugin, affecting versions up to and including 1.5.5. This flaw allows attackers to create a new administrator role with unrestricted access due to improper access restrictions on the plugin's configuration page. Rated 8.8 HIGH on the CVSS scale, this vulnerability can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability if exploited. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wpruby:controlled_admin_access:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.