VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-24998
The Simple JWT Login WordPress plugin before 3.3.0 can be used to create new WordPress user accounts with a randomly generated password.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.19%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Simple JWT Login WordPress plugin before 3.3.0 can be used to create new WordPress user accounts with a randomly generated password. The password is generated using the str_shuffle PHP function that "does not generate cryptographically secure values, and should not be used for cryptographic purposes" according to PHP's documentation.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.19% probability · 66th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-330
- Affected
- simple jwt login project/simple jwt login
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2613782Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1cca404e-766a-43ab-b41f-77d6a3b282fbThird Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2613782Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1cca404e-766a-43ab-b41f-77d6a3b282fbThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.