Controlled Admin Access <= 1.5.1 - Improper Access Control & Privilege Escalation

Improper Access Control
CVE CVE-2021-24215
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published March 23, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher R3N0
Description

An Improper Access Control vulnerability was discovered in the Controlled Admin Access WordPress plugin before 1.5.2. Uncontrolled access to the website customization functionality and global CMS settings, like /wp-admin/customization.php and /wp-admin/options.php, can lead to a complete compromise of the target resource.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug controlled-admin-access (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.5.2
Patched Version
  • 1.5.2
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