{"cve":"CVE-2021-24998","nvd":{"published":"2021-12-27T11:15:09.517","modified":"2026-06-17T03:41:17.240","status":"Modified","description":"The Simple JWT Login WordPress plugin before 3.3.0 can be used to create new WordPress user accounts with a randomly generated password. The password is generated using the str_shuffle  PHP function that \"does not generate cryptographically secure values, and should not be used for cryptographic purposes\" according to PHP's documentation.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-330"],"references":["https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2613782","https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1cca404e-766a-43ab-b41f-77d6a3b282fb","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2613782","https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1cca404e-766a-43ab-b41f-77d6a3b282fb"],"products":["simple_jwt_login_project:simple_jwt_login"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:26:33.761856376+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-24998","score":0.01226,"percentile":0.68835,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}