vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: post-expirator: CVE-2021-24783: Incorrect Authorization
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Oct 11, 2021 | May 15, 2025 | May 4, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Oct 11, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 4, 2026
Description
The Post Expirator WordPress plugin before 2.6.0 does not have proper capability checks in place, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to schedule deletion of arbitrary posts.
Solution
post-expirator-plugin-cve-2021-24783
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24783
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f0576cde-8d32-4f06-899a-a9ebff99d8ba?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-11695
- CVE-2021-24783
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-24783
- CWE-863
- EUVD-EUVD-2021-11695
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