Vulnerability · Published Sep 20, 2021 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2021-24635Visual Link Preview < 2.2.3 - Unauthorised AJAX Calls
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity improper access control in Visual Link Preview from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 49.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Visual Link Preview WordPress plugin before 2.2.3 does not enforce authorisation on several AJAX actions and has the CSRF nonce displayed for all authenticated users, allowing any authenticated user (such as subscriber) to call them and 1) Get and search through title and content of Draft post, 2) Get title of a password-protected post as well as 3) Upload an image from an URL
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Visual Link Preview | 2.2.3 – before 2.2.3 |
Weakness: CWE-284