# CVE-2021-24978: OSMapper \<= 2.1.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion

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

## Affected

- Unknown OSMapper: 2.1.5 only

## Description

The OSMapper WordPress plugin through 2.1.5 contains an AJAX action to delete a plugin related post type named 'map' and is registered with the wp_ajax_nopriv prefix, making it available to unauthenticated users. There is no authorisation, CSRF and checks in place to ensure that the post to delete is a map one. As a result, unauthenticated user can delete arbitrary posts from the blog

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown OSMapper, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f0f2af29-e21e-4d16-9424-1a49bff7fb86

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