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CVE-2021-24802: Colorful Categories < 2.0.15 - Arbitrary Colors Update via CSRF

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-11-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

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

Affected products

• Colorful Categories: before 2.0.15 — fixed in 2.0.15

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Colorful Categories 2.0.15. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d92db61f-341c-4f3f-b962-326194ddbd1e
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d92db61f-341c-4f3f-b962-326194ddbd1e

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