CVE•Published 2021-08-19•2 articles on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2021-37598
Vulnerability data via CVEDB (Shodan)
CVSS v3.1
5.3
MEDIUM
EPSS percentile
83
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 17% of all CVEs
Description
WP Cerber before 8.9.3 allows bypass of /wp-json access control via a trailing ? character.
Timeline
Published 2021-08-19
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2021-37598Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · WP plugin path
http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/wp-cerber/"Matches any site loading the "wp-cerber" plugin — doesn't rely on Shodan's vuln tag.
Shodan · product
product:"Wpcerber Wp Cerber"All exposed Wpcerber Wp Cerber instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Wp Cerber"HTTP body or banner mentions "Wp Cerber" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2021-37598Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2021-37598Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2021-37598Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2021-37598GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2021-37598" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2021-37598 on GitHub.