Vulnerability · Published Mar 28, 2022 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2021-24978OSMapper <= 2.1.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in OSMapper from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 55.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-862