VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-24998

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.23%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-12-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Description

The Simple JWT Login WordPress plugin before 3.3.0 can be used to create new WordPress user accounts with a randomly generated password. The password is generated using the str_shuffle PHP function that "does not generate cryptographically secure values, and should not be used for cryptographic purposes" according to PHP's documentation.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-330: Use of Insufficiently Random Values

Primary references