CVE-2021-24215
Published: 12 April 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-24215 is a critical-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability in Wpruby Controlled Admin Access. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 1.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-11129
Vulnerability details
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…
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Ensuring access control decisions are made and applied to every request before enforcement directly prevents improper access control by requiring policy-based checks.
Provides a tamperproof, always-invoked, and verifiable mechanism to enforce access control policies.
Enforcing approved authorizations directly implements access control policies to block unauthorized access.
Requiring explicit acknowledgment of the notification before granting access enforces a mandatory step in the access process, reducing the ability to exploit improper access control weaknesses.
Decoy resources detect and deflect attempts to bypass access controls by attracting and monitoring attackers on fake assets.
Directly enforces access control by limiting input capability exclusively to authorized personnel.
The access control policy and procedures directly mandate and enforce proper access control mechanisms across the organization.
Device lock enforces restricted access until re-authentication, directly reducing unauthorized use of active sessions.