Name: CVE-2021-24537: Improper Control of Generation of Code
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2021-11-08T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-24537, CWE-94, CVSS 7.2, EPSS 0.01564

The Similar Posts WordPress plugin through 3.1.5 allow high privilege users to execute arbitrary PHP code in an hardened environment (ie with DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT, DISALLOW_FILE_MODS and DISALLOW_UNFILTERED_HTML set to true) via the 'widget_rrm_similar_posts_condition' widget setting of the plugin.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.2
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Similar Posts Plugin	—	Update similar-posts plugin to version 3.1.6, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Oct 11, 2021

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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