Is CVE-2021-24635 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-24635 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-24635?

CVE-2021-24635 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.4 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-24635?

CVE-2021-24635 has an EPSS score of 0.61% (45th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-24635?

Upgrade visual link preview to 2.2.3 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-24635

MEDIUM

5.4

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Visual Link Preview WordPress plugin before 2.2.3 does not enforce authorisation on several AJAX actions and has the CSRF nonce displayed for all authenticated users, allowing any authenticated user (such as subscriber) to call them and 1) Get and search through title and content of Draft post, 2) Get title of a password-protected post as well as 3) Upload an image from an URL

CWE-284Improper Access Control CWE-862Missing Authorization

How to fix

Remediation Available

visual link previewNVD

Affected:< 2.2.3Fixed in:2.2.3CVE-2021-24635derived 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 RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.61%probability of exploitation in 30 days

45thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 45% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wpscan.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2023-27350	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2019-1653	High	7.5	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2023-23752	Medium	5.3	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-29298	High	7.5	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2023-38205	High	7.5	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2024-27348	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	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.