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WordPress Plugin: wp-automatic: CVE-2021-4374: Missing Authorization

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)

Published

Sep 6, 2021

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

Apr 30, 2026

Description

The WordPress Automatic Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary options updates in versions up to, and including, 3.53.2. This is due to missing authorization and option validation in the process_form.php file. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to arbitrarily update the settings of a vulnerable site and ultimately compromise the entire site.

Solution

wp-automatic-plugin-cve-2021-4374

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4374
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d0567dc8-7a4c-42f4-bf45-f31a8efaa354?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-34201
CVE-2021-4374
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-4374
CWE-862
EUVD-EUVD-2021-34201

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