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Vulnerability record · CVE-2021-24867 · published 21 February 2022

CVE-2021-24867: Accesspressthemes accessbuddy vulnerability

Accesspressthemes · Accessbuddy

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

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 18% · top 2.9% CWE-912 · CWE-912
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 7.5
18%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
93Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References, 4 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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

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

Affected products

93 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://jetpack.com/2022/01/18/backdoor-found-in-themes-and-plugins-from-accesspress-themes/ ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9c76bada-fa32-4c2f-9855-d0efd1e63eff ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://jetpack.com/2022/01/18/backdoor-found-in-themes-and-plugins-from-accesspress-themes/ ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9c76bada-fa32-4c2f-9855-d0efd1e63eff ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2021-24867), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.