CVE-2021-4381 describes a critical authorization bypass vulnerability in the uListing plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 1.6.6. This flaw, stemming from missing capability checks and security nonces, allows unauthenticated attackers to modify any WordPress option in the database. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, its high severity warrants immediate patching.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:stylemixthemes:ulisting:*:*:*:*:*: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
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
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