CVE-2021-24194

HIGH 8.8CVE-2021-24194 · Published 14/05/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-24194 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting login protection - limit failed login attempts (wp-buy).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.3%, higher than 71.0% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.9 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
login protection - limit failed login attempts wp-buy	`< 2.9`	`2.9`

Description

Low privileged users can use the AJAX action 'cp_plugins_do_button_job_later_callback' in the Login Protection - Limit Failed Login Attempts WordPress plugin before 2.9, to install any plugin (including a specific version) from the WordPress repository, as well as activate arbitrary plugin from then blog, which helps attackers install vulnerable plugins and could lead to more critical vulnerabilities like RCE.

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/74889e29-5349-43d1-baf5-1622493be90c · Exploit

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