CVE-2021-24218 (GCVE-0-2021-24218)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-12 14:01 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:21
VLAI
Title
Facebook for WordPress 3.0.0-3.0.3 - CSRF to Stored XSS and Settings Deletion
Summary
The wp_ajax_save_fbe_settings and wp_ajax_delete_fbe_settings AJAX actions of the Facebook for WordPress plugin before 3.0.4 were vulnerable to CSRF due to a lack of nonce protection. The settings in the saveFbeSettings function had no sanitization allowing for script tags to be saved.
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
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Facebook for WordPress Affected: 3.0.0 , < 3.0.0* (custom)
Affected: 3.0.4 , < 3.0.4 (custom)
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Credits
Chloe Chamberland
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