CVE-2021-24193: Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics < 2.12 - Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation via Low Privilege User

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-285

Description

Low privileged users can use the AJAX action 'cp_plugins_do_button_job_later_callback' in the Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics WordPress plugin before 2.12, to install any plugin (including a specific version) from the WordPress repository, as well as activate arbitrary plugin from then blog, which helps attackers install vulnerable plugins and could lead to more critical vulnerabilities like RCE.

Affected products

wp-buy Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics: before 2.12 — fixed in 2.12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wp-buy Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics 2.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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