CVE-2021-36850 (GCVE-0-2021-36850)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-04 16:57 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:07
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
WordPress Media File Renamer – Auto & Manual Rename plugin <= 5.1.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability
Summary
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WordPress Media File Renamer – Auto & Manual Rename plugin (versions <= 5.1.9). Affected parameters "post_title", "filename", "lock". This allows changing the uploaded media title, media file name, and media locking state.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-03-28 16:48 UTC
CWE
- CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-file-renamer/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meow Apps | Media File Renamer – Auto & Manual Rename (WordPress plugin) |
Affected:
<= 5.1.9 , ≤ 5.1.9
(custom)
|
guessed |
Date Public
2021-04-08 00:00
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- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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Sightings and recorded dates, grouped by day · UTC
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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