CVE-2021-25032
CRITICAL EXPLOITED NUCLEIPublishPress Capabilities <2.3.1 - CSRF
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
CVE-2021-25032 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV). EIP tracks 1 public exploit from researchers including RandomRobbieBF. A Nuclei detection template is also available.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a functional Python exploit for CVE-2021-25032, which allows unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary WordPress blog options via a missing authorization check in the PublishPress Capabilities plugin. The exploit demonstrates enabling user registration with administrator privileges and includes a remediation function to reset the settings.
Description
The PublishPress Capabilities WordPress plugin before 2.3.1, PublishPress Capabilities Pro WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when updating the plugin's settings via the init hook, and does not ensure that the options to be updated belong to the plugin. As a result, unauthenticated attackers could update arbitrary blog options, such as the default role and make any new registered user with an administrator role.
Exploits (1)
This repository contains a functional Python exploit for CVE-2021-25032, which allows unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary WordPress blog options via a missing authorization check in the PublishPress Capabilities plugin. The exploit demonstrates enabling user registration with administrator privileges and includes a remediation function to reset the settings.
Nuclei Templates (1)
body="/wp-content/plugins/capability-manager-enhanced"
References (2)
Scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H