Is CVE-2021-24684 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-24684 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-24684?

CVE-2021-24684 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-24684?

CVE-2021-24684 has an EPSS score of 4.27% (90th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-24684?

Upgrade pdf-light-viewer to 1.4.12 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-24684

HIGHEPSS 90th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The WordPress PDF Light Viewer Plugin WordPress plugin before 1.4.12 allows users with Author roles to execute arbitrary OS command on the server via OS Command Injection when invoking Ghostscript.

CWE-78OS Command Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

pdf-light-viewerNVD

Affected:< 1.4.12Fixed in:1.4.12CVE-2021-24684derived 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

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

4.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days

90thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 90% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

wpscan.com

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CVE-2021-1498	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2014-6271	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2019-16920	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2022-44877	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-8515	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2020-9054	Critical	9.8	100%	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.