Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics < 2.12 - Arbitrary Plugin Installation/Activation via Low Privilege User
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-285.
Summary
Low privileged users can use the AJAX action 'cp_plugins_do_button_job_later_callback' in the Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics WordPress plugin before 2.12, to install any plugin (including a specific version) from the WordPress repository, as well as activate arbitrary plugin from then blog, which helps attackers install vulnerable plugins and could lead to more critical vulnerabilities like RCE.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics (wp-buy) Fixed in 2.12
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-24193
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m6qj-cq3x-jrrf
References
More wp-buy Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-07111 Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics < 3.9 - Subscriber+ SQL Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2019-11899 The visitors-traffic-real-time-statistics plugin before 1.13 for WordPress has CSRF. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2019-11898 The visitors-traffic-real-time-statistics plugin before 1.12 for WordPress has CSRF in the settings page. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2021-24193 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-24193 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m6qj-cq3x-jrrf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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