CVE-2021-24684
The WordPress PDF Light Viewer Plugin WordPress plugin before 1.4.12 allows users with Author roles to execute arbitrary OS command on the server via OS Command Injection when invoking Ghostscript.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The WordPress PDF Light Viewer Plugin WordPress plugin before 1.4.12 allows users with Author roles to execute arbitrary OS command on the server via OS Command Injection when invoking Ghostscript.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.27% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- teamlead/pdf-light-viewer
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
EPSS 4.3% 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://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b5295bf9-8cf6-416e-b215-074742a5fc63Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b5295bf9-8cf6-416e-b215-074742a5fc63Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.