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CVE-2021-24802: The Colorful Categories WordPress plugin before 2.0.15 does not enforce nonce checks which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin or editor change taxonomy colors via a CSRF attack

medium Affects colorful-categories (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Colorful Categories WordPress plugin before 2.0.15 does not enforce nonce checks which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin or editor change taxonomy colors via a CSRF attack

Package
colorful-categories (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<2.0.15
Fixed in
2.0.15
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.5
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (45.8th percentile)
Published
2021-11-17
Source
nvd

References

CWE-352
NVD recordcolorful-categories (WordPress plugin) advisories

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