CVE-2021-24917
WPS Hide Login < 1.9.1 - Protection Bypass with Referer-Header
The WPS Hide Login WordPress plugin before 1.9.1 has a bug which allows to get the secret login page by setting a random referer string and making a request to /wp-admin/options.php as an unauthenticated user.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The WPS Hide Login WordPress plugin before 1.9.1 has a bug which allows to get the secret login page by setting a random referer string and making a request to /wp-admin/options.php as an unauthenticated user.
- Record
CVE-2021-24917- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
WPS Hide Login < 1.9.1 - Protection Bypass with Referer-Header
The WPS Hide Login WordPress plugin before 1.9.1 has a bug which allows to get the secret login page by setting a random referer string and making a request to /wp-admin/options.php as an unauthenticated user.
- Record
CVE-2021-24917- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11829 No score
The WPS Hide Login WordPress plugin before 1.9.1 has a bug which allows to get the secret login page by setting a random referer string and making a request to /wp-admin/options.php as an unauthenticated user.
- Record
EUVD-2021-11829- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4qm3-4v98-g42c
The WPS Hide Login WordPress plugin before 1.9.1 has a bug which allows to get the secret login...
The WPS Hide Login WordPress plugin before 1.9.1 has a bug which allows to get the secret login page by setting a random referer string and making a request to /wp-admin/options.php as an unauthenticated user.
- Record
GHSA-4qm3-4v98-g42c- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Metasploit | WordPress WPS Hide Login Login Page Revealer | 2021-10-27 |
| Nuclei | WordPress WPS Hide Login <1.9.1 - Information Disclosure | |
| PoC in GitHub | Cappricio-Securities/CVE-2021-24917 | 2024-05-20 |
| PoC in GitHub | buildwithlian/CVE-2021-24917 | 2024-01-20 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, Nuclei, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-24917 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Unknown Wps Hide Login, published December 6, 2021. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 72.2%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.