What is CVE-2021-24839?

CVE-2021-24839 is a high-severity vulnerability in Supportcandy, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-02-07.

How severe is CVE-2021-24839?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24839 known to be exploited?

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

Auth bypass in Supportcandy

CVE-2021-24839

The SupportCandy WordPress plugin before 2.2.5 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in its wpsc_tickets AJAX action, which could allow unauthenticated users to call it and delete arbitrary tickets via the set_delete_permanently_bulk_ticket setting_action. Other actions may be affected as well.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.012 (66.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Supportcandy
Unknown Supportcandy – Helpdesk & Support Ticket System — versions 2.2.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24839?: CVE-2021-24839 is a high-severity vulnerability in Supportcandy, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-02-07.
How severe is CVE-2021-24839?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24839 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.