CVE-2021-24191

WP Maintenance Mode & Site Under Construction < 1.8.2 - Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation via Low Privilege User

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: May 14, 2021
Updated: Aug 3, 2024
Reserved: Jan 14, 2021

Description

Low privileged users can use the AJAX action 'cp_plugins_do_button_job_later_callback' in the WP Maintenance Mode & Site Under Construction WordPress plugin before 1.8.2, to install any plugin (including a specific version) from the WordPress repository, as well as activate arbitrary plugin from then blog, which helps attackers install vulnerable plugins and could lead to more critical vulnerabilities like RCE.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

CWE-285 Improper Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
WP Maintenance Mode & Site Under Constructionwp-buy	1.8.2 to before 1.8.2Affected

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/74889e29-5349-43d1-baf5-1622493be90c

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