CVE-2021-4345
uListing <= 1.6.6 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Roles and Capabilities Creation/Deletion
The uListing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability and nonce checks on the UlistingUserRole::save_role_api method in versions up to, and including, 1.6.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to remove or add roles, and add capabilities.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.5
uListing <= 1.6.6 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Roles and Capabilities Creation/Deletion
The uListing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability and nonce checks on the UlistingUserRole::save_role_api method in versions up to, and including, 1.6.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to remove or add roles, and add capabilities.
- Record
CVE-2021-4345- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-34172
6.5
The uListing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability and nonce checks on the UlistingUserRole::save_role_api method in versions up to, and including, 1.6.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to remove or add roles, and add capabilities.
- Record
EUVD-2021-34172- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2r3p-vm57-h777
6.5
The uListing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability...
The uListing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability and nonce checks on the UlistingUserRole::save_role_api method in versions up to, and including, 1.6.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to remove or add roles, and add capabilities.
- Record
GHSA-2r3p-vm57-h777- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.5
The uListing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability and nonce checks on the UlistingUserRole::save_role_api method in versions up to, and including, 1.6.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to remove or add roles, and add capabilities.
- Record
CVE-2021-4345- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-4345 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Stylemixthemes Ulisting, published June 7, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.73%, the 54th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/44e112a7-8f51-4d2a-a4b3-74a47ef3aec7?source=cve
blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-ulisting-plugin-fixed-multiple-critical-vulnerabilities
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2456786%40ulisting&new=2456786%40ulisting&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4345
github.com/advisories/GHSA-2r3p-vm57-h777