WpdatatablesWordPress extension · Tms Outsource
CVE-2021-24198
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe wpDataTables – Tables & Table Charts premium WordPress plugin before 3.4.2 has Improper Access Control. A low privilege authenticated user that visits the page where the table is published can tamper the parameters to delete the data of another user that are present in the same table through id_key and id_val parameters. By exploiting this issue an attacker is able to delete the data of all users in the same table.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe wpDataTables premium WordPress plugin before version 3.4.2 contains an Improper Access Control vulnerability allowing low-privilege authenticated users to delete data belonging to other users. Attackers exploit this by tampering with id_key and id_val parameters on pages where tables are published, effectively performing an IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference) attack that bypasses authorization checks.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
WpdatatablesWordPress extension
< 3.4.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm wpDataTables plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins and locate wpDataTables in the installed plugins list. Note the installed version displayed in the plugin details.Affected if wpDataTables is not found in the plugins list, the vulnerability does not apply.
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Compare installed version to affected rangeReview the version number displayed for wpDataTables. The affected versions are any release before 3.4.2.Affected if The installed version is less than 3.4.2, the vulnerability is present in the environment.
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Identify published wpDataTablesVisit the frontend of the website and locate any pages or posts where wpDataTables are embedded and visible. These are tables published using the plugin shortcodes.Affected if No tables are published publicly, the attack surface is limited but the vulnerability still exists in the plugin code.
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Verify low-privilege user access to published tablesUsing a low-privilege account (such as Subscriber or Contributor role), navigate to pages containing published wpDataTables and attempt to interact with table data deletion features if present.Affected if Low-privilege authenticated users can access published tables and trigger delete operations, they can exploit the IDOR vulnerability.
If wpDataTables version is below 3.4.2 and tables are published where any authenticated user can access them, the environment is affected by this IDOR vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data3.4.2
Update wpDataTables to version 3.4.2 or later which contains proper access control validation for delete operations. Until patched, restrict publishing tables to administrator-level users only.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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