# CVE-2021-24752: Multiple Plugins from CatchThemes - Unauthorised Plugin's Setting Change

> Authenticated users can modify plugin settings due to missing capability and CSRF checks in multiple CatchThemes WordPress plugins.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qcgq-c97q-26vw

## What is CVE-2021-24752?

CVE-2021-24752 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in CatchThemes Catch Breadcrumb, published on 18 Oct 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Multiple Plugins from the CatchThemes vendor do not perform capability and CSRF checks in the ctp_switch AJAX action, which could allow any authenticated users, such as Subscriber to change the Essential Widgets WordPress plugin before 1.9, To Top WordPress plugin before 2.3, Header Enhancement WordPress plugin before 1.5, Generate Child Theme WordPress plugin before 1.6, Essential Content Types WordPress plugin before 1.9, Catch Web Tools WordPress plugin before 2.7, Catch Under Construction WordPress plugin before 1.4, Catch Themes Demo Import WordPress plugin before 1.6, Catch Sticky Menu WordPress plugin before 1.7, Catch Scroll Progress Bar WordPress plugin before 1.6, Social Gallery and Widget WordPress plugin before 2.3, Catch Infinite Scroll WordPress plugin before 1.9, Catch Import Export WordPress plugin before 1.9, Catch Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.7, Catch Duplicate Switcher WordPress plugin before 1.6, Catch Breadcrumb WordPress plugin before 1.7, Catch IDs WordPress plugin before 2.4's configurations.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24752?

It affects 10 products.


Products: Catchplugins Catch Scroll Progress Bar, Catchplugins Catch Sticky Menu, Catchplugins Catch Themes Demo Import, Catchplugins Catch Under Construction, Catchplugins Catch Web Tools, Catchplugins Essential Content Types, Catchplugins Essential Widgets, Catchplugins Generate Child Theme, Catchplugins Header Enhancement, Catchplugins to Top.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24752?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24752 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24752 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24752 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24752 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24752 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in CatchThemes Catch Breadcrumb, published on 18 Oct 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24752 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: CatchThemes Catch Breadcrumb. 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-2021-24752/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24752/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24752
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24752
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24752

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24752/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.