# CVE-2021-24803: Core Tweaks WP Setup <= 4.1 - Arbitrary Admin Account Creation / Admin Email Update via CSRF

> Attackers can exploit missing CSRF protection to create admin accounts or change admin emails, leading to full website takeover.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cjg4-c2hx-54x2

## What is CVE-2021-24803?

CVE-2021-24803 is a high-severity vulnerability in Unknown Core Tweaks WP Setup, published on 28 Feb 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Core Tweaks WP Setup WordPress plugin through 4.1 allows to bulk-set many settings in WordPress, including the admin email, as well as creating a new admin account. There is no CSRF protection in place, allowing an attacker to arbitrary change the admin email or create another admin account and takeover the website via CSRF attacks

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24803?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Core Tweaks Wp Setup Project Core Tweaks Wp Setup.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24803?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24803 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24803 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24803 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24803 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24803 is a high-severity vulnerability in Unknown Core Tweaks WP Setup, published on 28 Feb 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24803 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Core Tweaks WP Setup. 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-2021-24803/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24803/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24803
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24803
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24803

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24803/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.