# CVE-2021-24993: Ultimate Product Catalog < 5.0.26 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Product Creation & Settings Update

> Authenticated users can create arbitrary products and modify plugin settings due to missing authorization and CSRF checks in AJAX actions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m49w-ph7r-f4pq

## What is CVE-2021-24993?

CVE-2021-24993 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Ultimate Product Catalog – WordPress Catalog Plugin, published on 7 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Ultimate Product Catalog WordPress plugin before 5.0.26 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in some AJAX actions, which could allow any authenticated users, such as subscriber to call them and add arbitrary products, or change the plugin's settings for example

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery), CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24993?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Etoilewebdesign Ultimate Product Catalog.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24993?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24993 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24993 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24993 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Ultimate Product Catalog – WordPress Catalog Plugin

- [CVE-2017-12199](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12199/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-12200](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12200/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-2711](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2711/): Ultimate Product Catalog < 5.2.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24993 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24993 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Ultimate Product Catalog – WordPress Catalog Plugin, published on 7 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24993 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Ultimate Product Catalog – WordPress Catalog Plugin. 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-2021-24993/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24993/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24993
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24993
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24993

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24993/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.