What is CVE-2021-24978?

CVE-2021-24978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in B4after Osmapper, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-03-28.

How severe is CVE-2021-24978?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24978 known to be exploited?

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

CSRF in B4after Osmapper

CVE-2021-24978

The OSMapper WordPress plugin through 2.1.5 contains an AJAX action to delete a plugin related post type named 'map' and is registered with the wp_ajax_nopriv prefix, making it available to unauthenticated users. There is no authorisation, CSRF and checks in place to ensure that the post to delete is a map one. As a result, unauthenticated user can delete arbitrary posts from the blog

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.005 (41.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

B4after Osmapper
Unknown Osmapper — versions 2.1.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

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-2021-24978?: CVE-2021-24978 is a medium-severity vulnerability in B4after Osmapper, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-03-28.
How severe is CVE-2021-24978?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24978 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.