Is CVE-2021-24527 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-24527 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-24527?

CVE-2021-24527 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-24527?

CVE-2021-24527 has an EPSS score of 7.70% (94th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-24527?

Upgrade profile builder to 3.4.9 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-24527

CRITICALEPSS 94th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The User Registration & User Profile – Profile Builder WordPress plugin before 3.4.9 has a bug allowing any user to reset the password of the admin of the blog, and gain unauthorised access, due to a bypass in the way the reset key is checked. Furthermore, the admin will not be notified of such change by email for example.

CWE-287Improper Authentication

How to fix

Remediation Available

profile builderNVD

Affected:< 3.4.9Fixed in:3.4.9CVE-2021-24527derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

7.70%probability of exploitation in 30 days

94thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 94% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wpscan.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2023-35082	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-35078	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-7921	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2024-7593	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2023-46805	High	8.2	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2022-40684	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.