Is controlled-admin-access (WordPress plugin) vulnerable?

WordPress controlled-admin-access has 2 known advisories in the phpwarden feed. Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29.

2advisories

2critical

0on CISA KEV

1no fix recorded

CVE	Title	Severity	CVSS	Affected	Fixed in
CVE-2021-24215	An Improper Access Control vulnerability was discovered in the Controlled Admin Access WordPress plugin before 1.5.2. Uncontrolled access to	critical	9.8	`<1.5.2`	`1.5.2`
CVE-2021-4360	The Controlled Admin Access plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.5.5 by not proper	critical	9.9	`<=1.5.5`	–

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composer require --dev phpwarden/phpwarden
# then
vendor/bin/phpwarden wordpress /var/www/html

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pipx install phpwarden   &&   phpwarden wordpress /var/www/html

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