CVE-2021-20781 Cross-site request forgery in WordPress Meta Data Filter & Taxonomies Filter

What is CVE-2021-20781?

CVE-2021-20781 is a high-severity vulnerability in realmag777 WordPress Meta Data Filter & Taxonomies Filter, published on 14 Jul 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in WordPress Meta Data Filter & Taxonomies Filter versions prior to v.1.2.8 and versions prior to v.2.2.8 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-20781?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Pluginus Wordpress Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter.

How do I fix CVE-2021-20781?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-20781 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-20781 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-20781 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in realmag777 WordPress Meta Data Filter & Taxonomies Filter

• CVE-2024-8624 MDTF – Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter <= 1.3.3.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection Critical 9.9
• CVE-2024-50450 WordPress MDTF – Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter plugin <= 1.3.3.4 - Bypass Vulnerability vulnerability High 7.3
• CVE-2024-8623 MDTF – Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter <= 1.3.3.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution High 7.3
• CVE-2024-29763 WordPress MDTF – Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter plugin <= 1.3.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability High 7.1
• CVE-2024-12030 MDTF – Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter <= 1.3.3.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-mm96-vxx4-fq5v.