CVE-2021-24802 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-24802

Colorful Categories < 2.0.15 - Arbitrary Colors Update via CSRF

Vulnerability Description

The Colorful Categories WordPress plugin before 2.0.15 does not enforce nonce checks which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin or editor change taxonomy colors via a CSRF attack

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • apple502j

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Colorful Categories
Vulnerable Versions:
2.0.15

Timeline

Official Publish: November 17th, 2021
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)