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FKIE_CVE-2021-24501

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-08-09 10:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:40

Severity

8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Summary

The Workreap WordPress theme before 2.2.2 had several AJAX actions missing authorization checks to verify that a user was authorized to perform critical operations such as modifying or deleting objects. This allowed a logged in user to modify or delete objects belonging to other users on the site.

References

URL	Tags
contact@wpscan.com	https://jetpack.com/2021/07/07/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-workreap-theme/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
contact@wpscan.com	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/66e4aaf4-5ef7-4da8-a45c-e24f449c363e	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://jetpack.com/2021/07/07/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-workreap-theme/	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/66e4aaf4-5ef7-4da8-a45c-e24f449c363e	Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	amentotech	workreap	*

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CVE-2021-24501 (GCVE-0-2021-24501)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-09 10:04 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:35

Title

Workreap theme < 2.2.2 - Missing Authorization Checks in Ajax Actions

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-283 - Unverified Ownership
CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

WPScan mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://jetpack.com/2021/07/07/multiple-vulnerabi…	x_refsource_MISC
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/66e4aaf4-5ef7-4d…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	Workreap	Affected: 2.2.2 , < 2.2.2 (custom)

Credits

Harald Eilertsen (Jetpack)

Show details on NVD website

JSON

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Sightings

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