PT-2021-16397 · WordPress · Simple Jwt Login

Zian Choy · Published 2021-12-27 · Updated 2023-07-04 · CVE-2021-24998

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Simple JWT Login WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.3.0

Description: The issue allows creation of new WordPress user accounts with a randomly generated password. The password generation uses the str shuffle PHP function, which does not produce cryptographically secure values and is not suitable for cryptographic purposes.

Recommendations: For Simple JWT Login WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.3.0, update to version 3.3.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Use of Insufficiently Random Values

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-330

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-24998

Affected Products

Simple Jwt Login

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1cca404e-766a-43ab-b41f-77d6a3b282fb · Exploit
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2613782 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24998 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24998 · Security Note