Known vulnerabilities in Controlled Admin Access

Give a temporarily limited admin access to themes designers, plugins developers and support agents.

2Reported vulnerabilities

9.8Highest CVSS score

2.1.2Latest version

10,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Controlled Admin Access to 1.5.6 or later. 2 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: December 8, 2025 / Tested up to WordPress: 6.9.7 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2021-24215	Critical 9.8	9.7%	Before 1.5.2	`1.5.2`	April 12, 2021
CVE-2021-4360	High 8.8	1.2%	1.5.5 and earlier	`1.5.6`	June 7, 2023

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.