CVE-2021-24801
Published: 08 November 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-24801 is a medium-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability in Wp Survey Plus Project Wp Survey Plus. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 30.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-11713
Vulnerability details
The WP Survey Plus WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not have any authorisation and CSRF checks in place in its AJAX actions, allowing any user to call them and add/edit/delete Surveys. Furthermore, due to the lack of sanitization in the…
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Surveys' Title, this could also lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues
- CWE(s)
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.
Training covers access control policies and the consequences of improper access grants or usage by users.
Penetration testing simulates unauthorized access attempts, directly detecting and enabling remediation of improper access control weaknesses.
Ongoing testing, training, and monitoring plans verify that access-control enforcement remains effective and aligned with risk priorities.
Directly detects unauthorized local/network/remote connections and system use that result from improper access control.
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.
Supervision and review of access control activities directly detects and remediates improper access configurations or usages.
Explicitly identifying and documenting actions permitted without identification or authentication enforces proper access control boundaries by defining justified exceptions.