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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-25036 Detail

Current Description

The All in One SEO WordPress plugin before 4.1.5.3 is affected by a Privilege Escalation issue, which was discovered during an internal audit by the Jetpack Scan team, and may grant bad actors access to protected REST API endpoints they shouldn’t have access to. This could ultimately enable users with low-privileged accounts, like subscribers, to perform remote code execution on affected sites.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://jetpack.com/2021/12/14/severe-vulnerabilities-fixed-in-all-in-one-seo-plugin-version-4-1-5-3/ Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://jetpack.com/2021/12/14/severe-vulnerabilities-fixed-in-all-in-one-seo-plugin-version-4-1-5-3/ Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2640944/all-in-one-seo-pack/trunk/app/Common/Api/Api.php Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2640944/all-in-one-seo-pack/trunk/app/Common/Api/Api.php Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6de4a7de-6b71-4349-8e52-04c89c5e6d6c Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6de4a7de-6b71-4349-8e52-04c89c5e6d6c Exploit  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-178 Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-287 Improper Authentication WPScan  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-25036
NVD Published Date:
01/17/2022
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
WPScan