{"id":"CVE-2021-24197","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-24197","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:33:52.062Z","title":"The wpDataTables – Tables & Table Charts premium WordPress plugin before 3.4.2 has Improper Access Control.","description":"The wpDataTables – Tables & Table Charts premium WordPress plugin before 3.4.2 has Improper Access Control. A low privilege authenticated user that visits the page where the table is published can tamper the parameters to access the data of another user that are present in the same table by taking over the user permissions on the table through formdata[wdt_ID] parameter. By exploiting this issue an attacker is able to access and manage the data of all users in the same table.","published":"2021-04-12T14:15:15.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:39:35.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"contact@wpscan.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-284"],"affected":["tms-outsource/wpdatatables"],"epss":{"score":0.01237,"percentile":0.68887,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://n4nj0.github.io/advisories/wordpress-plugin-wpdatatables-ii/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://wpdatatables.com/help/whats-new-changelog/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a56c04a4-dda0-4a7f-a525-d0349a1fda2b","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://n4nj0.github.io/advisories/wordpress-plugin-wpdatatables-ii/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://wpdatatables.com/help/whats-new-changelog/","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a56c04a4-dda0-4a7f-a525-d0349a1fda2b","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24197","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}