CVE-2021-24198
The wpDataTables – Tables & Table Charts premium WordPress plugin before 3.4.2 has Improper Access Control.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 delete the data of another user that are present in the same table through id_key and id_val parameters. By exploiting this issue an attacker is able to delete the data of all users in the same table.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.47% probability · 74th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- tms-outsource/wpdatatables
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
EPSS 1.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://n4nj0.github.io/advisories/wordpress-plugin-wpdatatables-ii/Third Party Advisory
- https://wpdatatables.com/help/whats-new-changelog/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d953bc62-8a6f-445b-a556-bc25cdd200e3Third Party Advisory
- https://n4nj0.github.io/advisories/wordpress-plugin-wpdatatables-ii/Third Party Advisory
- https://wpdatatables.com/help/whats-new-changelog/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d953bc62-8a6f-445b-a556-bc25cdd200e3Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.