Vulnerability · Published May 5, 2021 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2021-24178Business Directory Plugin < 5.11.1 - Arbitrary Add/Edit/Delete Form Field to Stored XSS

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity cross-site request forgery in Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress from Business Directory Team. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 47.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress WordPress plugin before 5.11.1 suffered from Cross-Site Request Forgery issues, allowing an attacker to make a logged in administrator add, edit or delete form fields, which could also lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.

Affected products (as reported)

Weakness: CWE-352

References