# CVE-2021-24219: All Thrive Themes and Plugins - Unauthenticated Option Update > Attackers can modify WordPress options via an unauthenticated REST API endpoint if Zapier is disabled, affecting Thrive Themes plugins and themes. - **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Not needed - **Attackable:** Over the internet - **Victim action needed:** Not needed - **Fix available:** No - **Published:** 12 Apr 2021 - **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024 - **Also known as:** GHSA-w835-mmvc-qqfv ## What is CVE-2021-24219? CVE-2021-24219 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in FocusBlog by Thrive Themes, published on 12 Apr 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim. ### Official description The Thrive Optimize WordPress plugin before 1.4.13.3, Thrive Comments WordPress plugin before 1.4.15.3, Thrive Headline Optimizer WordPress plugin before 1.3.7.3, Thrive Leads WordPress plugin before 2.3.9.4, Thrive Ultimatum WordPress plugin before 2.3.9.4, Thrive Quiz Builder WordPress plugin before 2.3.9.4, Thrive Apprentice WordPress plugin before 2.3.9.4, Thrive Visual Editor WordPress plugin before 2.6.7.4, Thrive Dashboard WordPress plugin before 2.3.9.3, Thrive Ovation WordPress plugin before 2.4.5, Thrive Clever Widgets WordPress plugin before 1.57.1 and Rise by Thrive Themes WordPress theme before 2.0.0, Ignition by Thrive Themes WordPress theme before 2.0.0, Luxe by Thrive Themes WordPress theme before 2.0.0, FocusBlog by Thrive Themes WordPress theme before 2.0.0, Minus by Thrive Themes WordPress theme before 2.0.0, Squared by Thrive Themes WordPress theme before 2.0.0, Voice WordPress theme before 2.0.0, Performag by Thrive Themes WordPress theme before 2.0.0, Pressive by Thrive Themes WordPress theme before 2.0.0, Storied by Thrive Themes WordPress theme before 2.0.0, Thrive Themes Builder WordPress theme before 2.2.4 register a REST API endpoint associated with Zapier functionality. While this endpoint was intended to require an API key in order to access, it was possible to access it by supplying an empty api_key parameter in vulnerable versions if Zapier was not enabled. Attackers could use this endpoint to add arbitrary data to a predefined option in the wp_options table. Weakness: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24219? It affects 20 products. Products: Thrivethemes Focusblog, Thrivethemes Ignition, Thrivethemes Luxe, Thrivethemes Minus, Thrivethemes Performag, Thrivethemes Pressive, Thrivethemes Rise, Thrivethemes Squared, Thrivethemes Storied, Thrivethemes Thrive Apprentice, Thrivethemes Thrive Clever Widgets, Thrivethemes Thrive Comments, Thrivethemes Thrive Dashboard, Thrivethemes Thrive Headline Optimizer, Thrivethemes Thrive Optimize, Thrivethemes Thrive Ovation, Thrivethemes Thrive Quiz Builder, Thrivethemes Thrive Themes Builder, Thrivethemes Thrive Visual Editor, Thrivethemes Voice. ## How do I fix CVE-2021-24219? No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24219 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. ## Is CVE-2021-24219 being exploited? It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-24219 exists. Public exploit code: - All Thrive Themes and Plugins - Unauthenticated Option Update (nuclei): http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-24219.yaml ## Other vulnerabilities in FocusBlog by Thrive Themes - [CVE-2021-24220](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24220/): All Thrive Themes Legacy Themes < 2.0.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload and Option Deletion (critical 9.1) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24219 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2021-24219 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in FocusBlog by Thrive Themes, published on 12 Apr 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim. Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-24219 exists. Affected product: FocusBlog by Thrive Themes. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page. Task: 1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies. 2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it. 3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead. 4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why. 5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing. Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24219/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24219/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24219 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24219 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24219 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24219/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.