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CVE-2021-4357: uListing <= 1.6.6 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post/Page Deletion

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The uListing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability checks, and a missing security nonce, on the UlistingUserRole::save_role_api function in versions up to, and including, 1.6.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to arbitrarily delete site posts and pages.

Affected products

• Stylemix uListing: through 1.6.6

References

• https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-ulisting-plugin-fixed-multiple-critical-vulnerabilities/
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2456786%40ulisting&new=2456786%40ulisting&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/ulisting/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/71aa14b8-39bc-4b91-a7cf-9d203fdf44ea?source=cve
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-ulisting-plugin-fixed-multiple-critical-vulnerabilities/
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2456786%40ulisting&new=2456786%40ulisting&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/ulisting/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/71aa14b8-39bc-4b91-a7cf-9d203fdf44ea?source=cve

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