Is CVE-2021-24655 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-24655 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-24655?

CVE-2021-24655 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-24655?

CVE-2021-24655 has an EPSS score of 0.83% (53th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-24655?

Upgrade wp user manager to 2.6.3 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-24655

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The WP User Manager WordPress plugin before 2.6.3 does not ensure that the user ID to reset the password of is related to the reset key given. As a result, any authenticated user can reset the password (to an arbitrary value) of any user knowing only their ID, and gain access to their account.

CWE-639Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

How to fix

Remediation Available

wp user managerNVD

Affected:< 2.6.3Fixed in:2.6.3CVE-2021-24655derived 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 ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.83%probability of exploitation in 30 days

53rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 53% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wpscan.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-6875	Critical	9.8	90%	-	-
CVE-2024-46982	High	7.5	61%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-45428	Critical	9.8	57%	-	-
CVE-2019-17382	Critical	9.1	54%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-13360	Critical	9.8	24%	-	-
CVE-2023-48783	Medium	5.4	22%	-	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.