{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "versions": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "1.7.2"
              }
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "a7fb9dce9841b7094099002f71a45948fb909dfd"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/automattic/wp-super-cache",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "The WP Super Cache WordPress plugin before 1.7.2 was affected by an authenticated (admin+) RCE in the settings page due to input validation failure and weak $cache_path check in the WP Super Cache Settings -\u003e Cache Location option. Direct access to the wp-cache-config.php file is not prohibited, so this vulnerability can be exploited for a web shell injection.",
  "id": "CVE-2021-24209",
  "modified": "2026-03-13T21:46:47.761904365Z",
  "published": "2021-04-05T19:15:17.407Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2496238/wp-super-cache"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/733d8a02-0d44-4b78-bbb2-37e447acd2f3"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}