CVE-2021-24189 Captchinoo, Google recaptcha for admin login page < 2.4 - Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation via Low Privilege User

2021-05-1411:38:16

CWE-285

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8.9 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

42.1%

JSON

Low privileged users can use the AJAX action ‘cp_plugins_do_button_job_later_callback’ in the Captchinoo, Google recaptcha for admin login page WordPress plugin before 2.4, to install any plugin (including a specific version) from the WordPress repository, as well as activate arbitrary plugin from then blog, which helps attackers install vulnerable plugins and could lead to more critical vulnerabilities like RCE.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Captchinoo, Google recaptcha for admin login page",
    "vendor": "wp-buy",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "2.4",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "2.4",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]