CVE•Published 2024-10-16•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2021-4448

Vulnerability data via CVEDB (Shodan)

CVSS v3.1

7.3

HIGH

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 32% of all CVEs

Description

The Kaswara Modern VC Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.0.1 due to insufficient capability checking on various AJAX actions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform a wide variety of unauthorized actions such as importing data, uploading arbitrary files, deleting arbitrary files, and more.

Timeline

Published 2024-10-16

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB Sploitus trickest/cve VulnCheck

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-2021-4448

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · WP plugin path

http.html:"/wp-content/plugins/kaswara/"

Matches any site loading the "kaswara" plugin — doesn't rely on Shodan's vuln tag.

Shodan · product

product:"Kaswara Project Kaswara"

All exposed Kaswara Project Kaswara instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Kaswara"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Kaswara" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.