CVE-2021-4360

CRITICAL

Controlled Admin Access <1.5.5 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Controlled Admin Access plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.5.5 by not properly restricting access to the configuration page. This makes it possible for attackers to create a new administrator role with unrestricted access.

References (4)

Core 4

Scores

CVSS v3 9.9
EPSS 0.0115
EPSS Percentile 63.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-284
Status published
Products (2)
waseem_senjer/Controlled Admin Access < 1.5.6
wpruby/controlled_admin_access < 1.5.5
Published Jun 07, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026