9.8

CVE-2021-24212: unknown woocommerce help scout

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
Published 05-04-2021Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-24212 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in unknown woocommerce help scout. EPSS estimates a 7.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 2.9.2.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
7.91%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 05-04-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The WooCommerce Help Scout WordPress plugin before 2.9.1 (https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-help-scout/) allows unauthenticated users to upload any files to the site which by default will end up in wp-content/uploads/hstmp.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

7.91%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 7.91% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
7.91%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Unknown1 product
Woocommerce1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • woocommerce-help-scout≤ 2.9.1 (fixed in 2.9.2)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

3 links