Vulnerability · Published Nov 1, 2021 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2021-39341OptinMonster <= 2.6.4 Unprotected REST-API Endpoints
High 8.2
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in OptinMonster from OptinMonster. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 21.9% (higher than 98% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.
Official description
The OptinMonster WordPress plugin is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure and unauthorized setting updates due to insufficient authorization validation via the logged_in_or_has_api_key function in the ~/OMAPI/RestApi.php file that can used to exploit inject malicious web scripts on sites with the plugin installed. This affects versions up to, and including, 2.6.4.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| OptinMonster | OptinMonster | 2.6.4 – through 2.6.4 |
Weakness: CWE-285, CWE-319 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/10/1000000-sites-affected-by-optinmonster-vulnerabilities/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39341 x_refsource_MISC
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/optinmonster/trunk/OMAPI/RestApi.php?rev=2606519#L1460 x_refsource_MISC