CVE-2021-4360

The Controlled Admin Access plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.5.5 by not properly restricting access to the configuration page. This makes it possible for attackers to create a new administrator role with unrestricted access.

• CWE-284

• https://blog.nintechnet.com/vulnerabilities-fixed-in-wordpress-controlled-admin-access-plugin/Exploit
• https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/controlled-admin-access/trunk/readme.txtRelease Notes
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5ddc0a9d-c081-4bef-aa87-3b10d037379cExploit
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c57211a-f59d-4379-b09e-7c6049a6b04d?source=cveThird Party Advisory
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/vulnerabilities-fixed-in-wordpress-controlled-admin-access-plugin/Exploit
• https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/controlled-admin-access/trunk/readme.txtRelease Notes
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5ddc0a9d-c081-4bef-aa87-3b10d037379cExploit
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c57211a-f59d-4379-b09e-7c6049a6b04d?source=cveThird Party Advisory

Published

Jun 7, 2023

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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