{"id":"CVE-2021-24966","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-24966","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:22:41.726Z","title":"The Error Log Viewer WordPress plugin through 1.1.1 does not validate the path of the log file to clear, allowing high privilege users to clear arbitrary files on the web server, including those outside of the blog folder","description":"The Error Log Viewer WordPress plugin through 1.1.1 does not validate the path of the log file to clear, allowing high privilege users to clear arbitrary files on the web server, including those outside of the blog folder","published":"2022-03-14T15:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:41:13.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"contact@wpscan.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-73"],"affected":["bestwebsoft/error log viewer"],"epss":{"score":0.05188,"percentile":0.92411,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2022-02-16","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":50746,"kind":"exploit","title":"WordPress Plugin Error Log Viewer 1.1.1 - Arbitrary File Clearing (Authenticated)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50746","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/50746.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/50746.txt","published":"2022-02-16","added":"2022-02-16","updated":"2022-02-16","author":"Ceylan BOZOĞULLARINDAN","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2021-24966"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 5.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/166a4f88-4f0c-4bf4-b624-5e6a02e21fa0","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/166a4f88-4f0c-4bf4-b624-5e6a02e21fa0","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24966","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."}