CVE-2021-24779
WP Debugging < 2.11.0 - Unauthenticated Plugin's Settings Update
The WP Debugging WordPress plugin before 2.11.0 has its update_settings() function hooked to admin_init and is missing any authorisation and CSRF checks, as a result, the settings can be updated by unauthenticated users.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The WP Debugging WordPress plugin before 2.11.0 has its update_settings() function hooked to admin_init and is missing any authorisation and CSRF checks, as a result, the settings can be updated by unauthenticated users.
- Record
CVE-2021-24779- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862, CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
WP Debugging < 2.11.0 - Unauthenticated Plugin's Settings Update
The WP Debugging WordPress plugin before 2.11.0 has its update_settings() function hooked to admin_init and is missing any authorisation and CSRF checks, as a result, the settings can be updated by unauthenticated users.
- Record
CVE-2021-24779- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11691 No score
The WP Debugging WordPress plugin before 2.11.0 has its update_settings() function hooked to admin_init and is missing any authorisation and CSRF checks, as a result, the settings can be updated by unauthenticated users.
- Record
EUVD-2021-11691- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gpxf-fg24-c2r3
The WP Debugging WordPress plugin before 2.11.0 has its update_settings() function hooked to...
The WP Debugging WordPress plugin before 2.11.0 has its update_settings() function hooked to admin_init and is missing any capability and CSRF checks, as a result, the settings can be updated by unauthenticated users.
- Record
GHSA-gpxf-fg24-c2r3- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-284, CWE-352, CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-24779 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Unknown Wp Debugging, published October 25, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.57%, the 47th percentile. No source names a fixed version.