CVE-2021-24783

MEDIUM

Post Expirator <2.6.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Post Expirator WordPress plugin before 2.6.0 does not have proper capability checks in place, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to schedule deletion of arbitrary posts.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/de51b970-ab13-41a6-a479-a92cd0e70b71

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0080
EPSS Percentile 51.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (1)
publishpress/post_expirator < 2.6.0
Published Nov 08, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026