RCE in Shareaholic Similar Posts
CVE-2021-24537
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.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.016 (74.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Shareaholic Similar Posts
- Similar Posts – Best Related Plugin For WordPress — versions 3.1.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/0d6b46cb-5244-486f-ad70-4023907ac9eb (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-24537?
- CVE-2021-24537 is a high-severity vulnerability in Shareaholic Similar Posts, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2021-11-08.
- How severe is CVE-2021-24537?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-24537 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.