Is CVE-2021-24867 actively exploited?

No active exploitation of CVE-2021-24867 has been confirmed so far. Continue monitoring, as exploit status can change.

Can CVE-2021-24867 be exploited remotely?

Yes. CVE-2021-24867 is exploitable remotely over the network (CVSS attack vector: Network).

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-24867?

CVE-2021-24867 has a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

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CRITICAL

CVE-2021-24867

CWE-912Published: February 21, 2022· Updated: Jun 17, 2026

9.8

CVSS v3.1

Official Description

Numerous Plugins and Themes from the AccessPress Themes (aka Access Keys) vendor are backdoored due to their website being compromised. Only plugins and themes downloaded via the vendor website are affected, and those hosted on wordpress.org are not. However, all of them were updated or removed to avoid any confusion

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2021-24867 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.

The vulnerability requires no privileges and no user interaction, making it a prime target for automated exploitation campaigns and worm-like propagation.

A successful exploit results in complete confidentiality breach (data exposure), full integrity compromise (data manipulation), availability disruption (denial of service), with a CVSS base score of 9.8.

CVSS v3.1 Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges Req.None

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Affected Vendors & Products

accesspressthemes93 product(s)

accessbuddyaccesspress anonymous postaccesspress basicaccesspress custom cssaccesspress custom post typeaccesspress ifeedsaccesspress liteaccesspress magaccesspress parallaxaccesspress rayaccesspress rootaccesspress social counter+81

Source: NVD CPE · 93 total CPE entries