CVE-2021-36888 WordPress Image Hover Effects Ultimate plugin <= 9.6.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update leading to full website compromise

2021-12-1518:06:58

CWE-284

Patchstack

www.cve.org

wordpress

unauthenticated

arbitrary options update

vulnerability

image hover effects ultimate

cve-2021-36888

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

9.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

65.1%

JSON

Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update vulnerability leading to full website compromise discovered in Image Hover Effects Ultimate (versions <= 9.6.1) WordPress plugin.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Image Hover Effects Ultimate (WordPress plugin)",
    "vendor": "Oxilab",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "9.6.1",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "<= 9.6.1",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/image-hover-effects-ultimate/wordpress-image-hover-effects-ultimate-plugin-9-6-1-unauthenticated-arbitrary-options-update-leading-to-full-website-compromise

wordpress.org/plugins/image-hover-effects-ultimate/#developers