cvelist/2021/24xxx/CVE-2021-24194.json

{
  "CVE_data_meta": {
    "ID": "CVE-2021-24194",
    "ASSIGNER": "contact@wpscan.com",
    "STATE": "PUBLIC",
    "TITLE": "Login Protection - Limit Failed Login Attempts < 2.9 - Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation via Low Privilege User"
  },
  "data_format": "MITRE",
  "data_type": "CVE",
  "data_version": "4.0",
  "generator": "WPScan CVE Generator",
  "affects": {
    "vendor": {
      "vendor_data": [
        {
          "vendor_name": "wp-buy",
          "product": {
            "product_data": [
              {
                "product_name": "Login Protection – Limit Failed Login Attempts",
                "version": {
                  "version_data": [
                    {
                      "version_affected": "<",
                      "version_name": "2.9",
                      "version_value": "2.9"
                    }
                  ]
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "description": {
    "description_data": [
      {
        "lang": "eng",
        "value": "Low privileged users can use the AJAX action 'cp_plugins_do_button_job_later_callback' in the Login Protection - Limit Failed Login Attempts WordPress plugin before 2.9, to install any plugin (including a specific version) from the WordPress repository, as well as activate arbitrary plugin from then blog, which helps attackers install vulnerable plugins and could lead to more critical vulnerabilities like RCE."
      }
    ]
  },
  "references": {
    "reference_data": [
      {
        "refsource": "CONFIRM",
        "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/74889e29-5349-43d1-baf5-1622493be90c",
        "name": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/74889e29-5349-43d1-baf5-1622493be90c"
      }
    ]
  },
  "problemtype": {
    "problemtype_data": [
      {
        "description": [
          {
            "value": "CWE-285 Improper Authorization",
            "lang": "eng"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "credit": [
    {
      "lang": "eng",
      "value": "Bugbang"
    }
  ],
  "source": {
    "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
  }
}