CVE-2021-24867
highpriority · attend · 45EPSS 0.180 · 97 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-21
Numerous Plugins and Themes from the AccessPress Themes (aka Access Keys) vendor are backdoored due to their website being compromised. Only plugins and themes downloaded via the vendor website are affected, and those hosted on wordpress.org are not. However, all of them were updated or removed to avoid any confusion
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (230)
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also known as (3)
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references (8)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2021-24867/cnnvd
- https://jetpack.com/2022/01/18/backdoor-found-in-themes-and-plugins-from-accesspress-themes/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24867cnnvd
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9c76bada-fa32-4c2f-9855-d0efd1e63effcnnvd
- https://jetpack.com/2022/01/18/backdoor-found-in-themes-and-plugins-from-accesspress-themes/enisa_euvd
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9c76bada-fa32-4c2f-9855-d0efd1e63effenisa_euvd
- https://jetpack.com/2022/01/18/backdoor-found-in-themes-and-plugins-from-accesspress-themes/ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9c76bada-fa32-4c2f-9855-d0efd1e63effExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
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