CVE-2021-24803 (GCVE-0-2021-24803)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-28 09:06 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:42
VLAI
Title
Core Tweaks WP Setup <= 4.1 - Arbitrary Admin Account Creation / Admin Email Update via CSRF
Summary
The Core Tweaks WP Setup WordPress plugin through 4.1 allows to bulk-set many settings in WordPress, including the admin email, as well as creating a new admin account. There is no CSRF protection in place, allowing an attacker to arbitrary change the admin email or create another admin account and takeover the website via CSRF attacks
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Core Tweaks WP Setup Affected: 4.1 , ≤ 4.1 (custom)
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Credits
Francesco Carlucci
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