CVE-2021-24783
Post Expirator < 2.6.0 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Post Schedule Deletion
The Post Expirator WordPress plugin before 2.6.0 does not have proper capability checks in place, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to schedule deletion of arbitrary posts.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Post Expirator WordPress plugin before 2.6.0 does not have proper capability checks in place, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to schedule deletion of arbitrary posts.
- Record
CVE-2021-24783- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Post Expirator < 2.6.0 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Post Schedule Deletion
The Post Expirator WordPress plugin before 2.6.0 does not have proper capability checks in place, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to schedule deletion of arbitrary posts.
- Record
CVE-2021-24783- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11695 No score
The Post Expirator WordPress plugin before 2.6.0 does not have proper capability checks in place, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to schedule deletion of arbitrary posts.
- Record
EUVD-2021-11695- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-46rg-rhmq-hq2r No score
The Post Expirator WordPress plugin before 2.6.0 does not have proper capability checks in place,...
The Post Expirator WordPress plugin before 2.6.0 does not have proper capability checks in place, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to schedule deletion of arbitrary posts.
- Record
GHSA-46rg-rhmq-hq2r- Weakness
- CWE-284, CWE-863
- 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-2021-24783 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Publishpress Post Expirator, published November 8, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.82%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.