CVE-2021-4345 (GCVE-0-2021-4345)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-06-07 01:51 – Updated: 2026-04-08 16:49
VLAI
Title
uListing <= 1.6.6 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Roles and Capabilities Creation/Deletion
Summary
The uListing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability and nonce checks on the UlistingUserRole::save_role_api method in versions up to, and including, 1.6.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to remove or add roles, and add capabilities.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-28 00:41 UTC
CWE
Assigner
Wordfence CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2163 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
stylemix Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing Affected: 0 , < 1.7 (semver)
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Credits
Jerome Bruandet
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