CVE-2021-24251 Business Directory Plugin < 5.11.2 - Arbitrary Payment History Update

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

An attacker can trick a logged-in administrator into updating arbitrary payment history statuses via Cross-Site Request Forgery.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-24251?

CVE-2021-24251 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress, published on 5 May 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

The Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress WordPress plugin before 5.11.2 suffered from a Cross-Site Request Forgery issue, allowing an attacker to make a logged in administrator update arbitrary payment history, such as change their status (from pending to completed to example)

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24251?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Strategy11 Business Directory Plugin - Easy Listing Directories.

How do I fix CVE-2021-24251?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24251 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-24251 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24251 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wmmj-gjqw-jvhf.

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