Vulnerability · Published Nov 17, 2021 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2021-24776WP Performance Score Booster < 2.1 - Settings Change via CSRF

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site request forgery in WP Performance Score Booster – Optimize Speed, Enable Cache & Page Preload from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 60.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The WP Performance Score Booster WordPress plugin before 2.1 does not have CSRF check when saving its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack.

Affected products (as reported)

Weakness: CWE-352

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