Name: CVE-2021-24840: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2021-11-08T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-24840, CWE-639, CVSS 5.3, EPSS 0.00367

The Squaretype WordPress theme before 3.0.4 allows unauthenticated users to manipulate the query_vars used to retrieve the posts to display in one of its REST endpoint, without any validation. As a result, private and scheduled posts could be retrieved via a crafted request.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Squaretype Theme	—	Update squaretype theme to version 3.0.4, or a newer patched version	Dec 8, 2025	Oct 11, 2021

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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