CVE-2021-24752Multiple Plugins from CatchThemes - Unauthorised Plugin's Setting Change
- 5.7MediumCVSS base score
- 0.42%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 63% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple Plugins from the CatchThemes vendor do not perform capability and CSRF checks in the ctp_switch AJAX action, which could allow any authenticated users, such as Subscriber to change the Essential Widgets WordPress plugin before 1.9, To Top WordPress plugin before 2.3, Header Enhancement WordPress plugin before 1.5, Generate Child Theme WordPress plugin before 1.6, Essential Content Types WordPress plugin before 1.9, Catch Web Tools WordPress plugin before 2.7, Catch Under Construction WordPress plugin before 1.4, Catch Themes Demo Import WordPress plugin before 1.6, Catch Sticky Menu WordPress plugin before 1.7, Catch Scroll Progress Bar WordPress plugin before 1.6, Social Gallery and Widget WordPress plugin before 2.3, Catch Infinite Scroll WordPress plugin before 1.9, Catch Import Export WordPress plugin before 1.9, Catch Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.7, Catch Duplicate Switcher WordPress plugin before 1.6, Catch Breadcrumb WordPress plugin before 1.7, Catch IDs WordPress plugin before 2.4's configurations.
Timeline
ID reserved
By WPScan
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.7.
Affected products
CatchThemes · Essential Widgets
- affected 1.9 – < 1.9
- affected 2.3 – < 2.3
CatchThemes · Header Enhancement
- affected 1.5 – < 1.5
CatchThemes · Generate Child Theme
- affected 1.6 – < 1.6
CatchThemes · Essential Content Types
- affected 1.9 – < 1.9
- affected 2.7 – < 2.7
CatchThemes · Catch Under Construction
- affected 1.4 – < 1.4
CatchThemes · Catch Themes Demo Import
- affected 1.6 – < 1.6
CatchThemes · Catch Sticky Menu
- affected 1.7 – < 1.7
CatchThemes · Catch Scroll Progress Bar
- affected 1.6 – < 1.6
CatchThemes · Social Gallery and Widget
- affected 2.3 – < 2.3
CatchThemes · Catch Infinite Scroll
- affected 1.9 – < 1.9
CatchThemes · Catch Import Export
- affected 1.9 – < 1.9
- affected 1.7 – < 1.7
CatchThemes · Catch Duplicate Switcher
- affected 1.6 – < 1.6
CatchThemes · Catch Breadcrumb
- affected 1.7 – < 1.7
- affected 2.4 – < 2.4
References
References1
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/181a729e-fffe-457c-9e8d-a4343fd2e630 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2021-11664 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2021-24752)Record last updated .