Workreap Theme < 2.2.2 — Authorization Bypass
CVE-2021-24501Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <2.2.2Update to 2.2.2 or newer
All remediation stepsOn this page3
Overview
- Advisory ID
- CVE-2021-24501
- Product
- Workreap - Freelance Marketplace and Directory WordPress Theme workreap
- Affected
- <2.2.2
- Fixed in
- 2.2.2
- Weakness
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Required access
- Unknown
- Published
- · updated
- Credit
- Harald Eilertsen
- Source
- Wordfence Intelligence
- Affected< 2.2.2
- Patched in2.2.2
Update to 2.2.2 or newer.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
The Workreap WordPress theme before 2.2.2 had several AJAX actions missing authorization checks to verify that a user was authorized to perform critical operations such as modifying or deleting objects. This allowed a logged in user to modify or delete objects belonging to other users on the site.
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Remediation & mitigations
- Update to version 2.2.2, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
References & provenance
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.4 | Insecure Direct Object Reference ≤2.6.3Update to 2.6.4 | CVE-2022-4239 | |
| Medium5.4 | Insecure Direct Objection Reference to Private Message Disclosure <2.6.3Update to 2.6.3 | CVE-2022-3846 | |
| Critical9.8 | Freelance Marketplace and Directory WordPress Theme < 2.2.2 - Arbitrary File Upload <2.2.2Update to 2.2.2 | CVE-2021-24499 | |
| High8.1 | Cross-Site Request Forgery <2.2.2Update to 2.2.2 | CVE-2021-24500 |
- Medium5.4Insecure Direct Object Reference
≤2.6.3Update to 2.6.4
- Medium5.4Insecure Direct Objection Reference to Private Message Disclosure
<2.6.3Update to 2.6.3
- Critical9.8Freelance Marketplace and Directory WordPress Theme < 2.2.2 - Arbitrary File Upload
<2.2.2Update to 2.2.2
- High8.1Cross-Site Request Forgery
<2.2.2Update to 2.2.2
| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'data-text-sec', 'data-title', and 'title' Attributes via Custom HTML Block | CVE-2026-18742 | |
| High7.1 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Arbitrary File Deletion via 'comment_content'/'comment_agent' Parameter during Attachment Rename Optimole – Optimize Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | CDN & Lazy Load | Image Optimization≤4.2.19Update to 4.2.20VulnCrest analysis | CVE-2026-124969 | |
| Critical9.8 | Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Password Reset / Account Takeover via Webhook with 'Is the user ID' Field | CVE-2026-126173 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header | CVE-2026-120688 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'data-text-sec', 'data-title', and 'title' Attributes via Custom HTML Block
Flatsome
≤3.20.12Update to 3.20.13
- High7.1VulnCrest analysisUnauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Arbitrary File Deletion via 'comment_content'/'comment_agent' Parameter during Attachment Rename
Optimole – Optimize Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | CDN & Lazy Load | Image Optimization
≤4.2.19Update to 4.2.20
- Critical9.8Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Password Reset / Account Takeover via Webhook with 'Is the user ID' Field
AutomatorWP Webhooks
≤1.4.4Update to 1.4.5
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header
EZ SQL Reports Shortcode Widget and DB Backup
≤5.25.25Update to 5.26.45
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.1
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
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