What is CVE-2021-24752?

CVE-2021-24752 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Catchplugins Catch Scroll Progress Bar, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2021-10-18.

How severe is CVE-2021-24752?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24752 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in Catchplugins Catch Scroll Progress Bar

CVE-2021-24752

Multiple Plugins from the CatchThemes vendor do not perform capability and CSRF checks in the ctp_switch AJAX action, which could allow any authenticated users, such as Subscriber to change the Essential Widgets WordPress plugin before 1.9, To Top WordPress plugin before 2.3, Header Enhancement WordPress plugin before 1.5, Generate Child Theme WordPress plugin before 1.6, Essential Content Types WordPress plugin before 1.9, Catch Web Tools WordPress plugin before 2.7, Catch Under Construction WordPress plugin before 1.4, Catch Themes Demo Import WordPress plugin before 1.6, Catch Sticky Menu WordPress plugin before 1.7, Catch Scroll Progress Bar WordPress plugin before 1.6, Social Gallery and Widget WordPress plugin before 2.3, Catch Infinite Scroll WordPress plugin before 1.9, Catch Import Export WordPress plugin before 1.9, Catch Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.7, Catch Duplicate Switcher WordPress plugin before 1.6, Catch Breadcrumb WordPress plugin before 1.7, Catch IDs WordPress plugin before 2.4's configurations.

Published 2021-10-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (34.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 34.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/181a729e-fffe-457c-9e8d-a4343fd2e630 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24752?: CVE-2021-24752 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Catchplugins Catch Scroll Progress Bar, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.7/10. Published 2021-10-18.
How severe is CVE-2021-24752?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24752 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.