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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.7

CVE-2021-24752 json

Multiple Plugins from CatchThemes - Unauthorised Plugin's Setting Change

published 2021-10-18 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-11664

cvss
5.7
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple Plugins from the CatchThemes vendor do not perform capability and CSRF checks in the ctp_switch AJAX action, which could allow any authenticated users, such as Subscriber to change the Essential Widgets WordPress plugin before 1.9, To Top WordPress plugin before 2.3, Header Enhancement WordPress plugin before 1.5, Generate Child Theme WordPress plugin before 1.6, Essential Content Types WordPress plugin before 1.9, Catch Web Tools WordPress plugin before 2.7, Catch Under Construction WordPress plugin before 1.4, Catch Themes Demo Import WordPress plugin before 1.6, Catch Sticky Menu WordPress plugin before 1.7, Catch Scroll Progress Bar WordPress plugin before 1.6, Social Gallery and Widget WordPress plugin before 2.3, Catch Infinite Scroll WordPress plugin before 1.9, Catch Import Export WordPress plugin before 1.9, Catch Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.7, Catch Duplicate Switcher WordPress plugin before 1.6, Catch Breadcrumb WordPress plugin before 1.7, Catch IDs WordPress plugin before 2.4's configurations.

Patch / fix

  • catchplugins catch_scroll_progress_bar 1.6
  • catchplugins catch_sticky_menu 1.7
  • catchplugins catch_themes_demo_import 1.6
  • catchplugins catch_under_construction 1.4
  • catchplugins catch_web_tools 2.7
  • catchplugins essential_content_types 1.9
  • catchplugins essential_widgets 1.9
  • catchplugins generate_child_theme 1.6
  • catchplugins header_enhancement 1.5
  • catchplugins to_top 2.3

Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/181a729e-fffe-457c-9e8d-a4343fd2e630 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • CatchThemes Essential Widgets
  • CatchThemes To Top
  • CatchThemes Header Enhancement
  • CatchThemes Generate Child Theme
  • CatchThemes Essential Content Types
  • CatchThemes Catch Web Tools
  • CatchThemes Catch Under Construction
  • CatchThemes Catch Themes Demo Import
  • CatchThemes Catch Sticky Menu
  • CatchThemes Catch Scroll Progress Bar
  • CatchThemes Social Gallery and Widget
  • CatchThemes Catch Infinite Scroll
  • CatchThemes Catch Import Export
  • CatchThemes Catch Gallery
  • CatchThemes Catch Duplicate Switcher
  • CatchThemes Catch Breadcrumb
  • CatchThemes Catch IDs

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.