Information disclosure in What3words Autosuggest
CVE-2021-4428
A vulnerability has been found in what3words Autosuggest Plugin up to 4.0.0 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function enqueue_scripts of the file w3w-autosuggest/public/class-w3w-autosuggest-public.php of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 4.0.1 is able to address this issue. The patch is named dd59cbac5f86057d6a73b87007c08b8bfa0c32ac. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-234247.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
EPSS: 0.158 (96.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 2.7 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- What3words Autosuggest
- What3words Autosuggest Plugin — versions 4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cna@vuldb.com (Permissions Required, technical-description, vdb-entry)
- cna@vuldb.com (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required)
- cna@vuldb.com (issue-tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- cna@vuldb.com (Patch, patch)
- cna@vuldb.com (Release Notes, patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-4428?
- CVE-2021-4428 is a low-severity vulnerability in What3words Autosuggest, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 2.7/10. Published 2023-07-18.
- How severe is CVE-2021-4428?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.7 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-4428 known to be exploited?
- 25 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.