CVE-2021-24802
Colorful Categories < 2.0.15 - Arbitrary Colors Update via CSRF
The Colorful Categories WordPress plugin before 2.0.15 does not enforce nonce checks which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin or editor change taxonomy colors via a CSRF attack
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 Colorful Categories WordPress plugin before 2.0.15 does not enforce nonce checks which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin or editor change taxonomy colors via a CSRF attack
- Record
CVE-2021-24802- 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-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
Colorful Categories < 2.0.15 - Arbitrary Colors Update via CSRF
The Colorful Categories WordPress plugin before 2.0.15 does not enforce nonce checks which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin or editor change taxonomy colors via a CSRF attack
- Record
CVE-2021-24802- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11714No score
The Colorful Categories WordPress plugin before 2.0.15 does not enforce nonce checks which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin or editor change taxonomy colors via a CSRF attack
- Record
EUVD-2021-11714- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fq6v-9x93-2hc2No score
The Colorful Categories WordPress plugin before 2.0.15 does not enforce nonce checks which could...
The Colorful Categories WordPress plugin before 2.0.15 does not enforce nonce checks which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin or editor change taxonomy colors via a CSRF attack
- Record
GHSA-fq6v-9x93-2hc2- Weakness
- CWE-352
- 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-2021-24802 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Gesundheit-bewegt Colorful Categories, published November 17, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.55%, the 46th percentile. No source names a fixed version.