CVE-2021-24993: Ultimate Product Catalog < 5.0.26 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Product Creation & Settings Update

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: 2022-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Ultimate Product Catalog WordPress plugin before 5.0.26 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in some AJAX actions, which could allow any authenticated users, such as subscriber to call them and add arbitrary products, or change the plugin's settings for example

Affected products

Ultimate Product Catalog: before 5.0.26 — fixed in 5.0.26

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Ultimate Product Catalog 5.0.26. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2650578
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/514416fa-d915-4953-bf1b-6dbf40b4d7e5
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2650578
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/514416fa-d915-4953-bf1b-6dbf40b4d7e5

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