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CVE-2021-37598
WP Cerber before 8.9.3 allows bypass of /wp-json access control via a trailing ? character.
Medium5.3EPSS 2.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
WP Cerber before 8.9.3 allows bypass of /wp-json access control via a trailing ? character.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 22 days later
· 22 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (2)
- https://github.com/fireeye/Vulnerability-Disclosures (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/fireeye/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/FEYE-2021-0024/FEYE-2021-0024.md (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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