CVE-2021-4357
uListing <= 1.6.6 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post/Page Deletion
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
Description
The uListing plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to missing capability checks, and a missing security nonce, on the UlistingUserRole::save_role_api function in versions up to, and including, 1.6.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to arbitrarily delete site posts and pages.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Wordfence
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 37% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.1.
Weakness
Affected products
stylemix · Directory Listings WordPress plugin – uListing
- affected < 1.7
References (4)
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/71aa14b8-39bc-4b91-a7cf-9d203fdf44ea?source=cve (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-ulisting-plugin-fixed-multiple-critical-vulnerabilities/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ulisting/#developers (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2456786%40ulisting&new=2456786%40ulisting&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= (opens in a new tab)x_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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