CVE-2021-24179 (GCVE-0-2021-24179)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-05 18:39 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:21
VLAI
Title
Business Directory Plugin < 5.11 - Arbitrary File Upload to RCE
Summary
The Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress WordPress plugin before 5.11 suffered from a Cross-Site Request Forgery issue, allowing an attacker to make a logged in administrator import files. As the plugin also did not validate uploaded files, it could lead to RCE.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Credits
0xB9
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