# CVE-2021-24446: Remove Footer Credit < 1.0.6 - CSRF to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Attackers can exploit missing CSRF checks to force admins to save malicious settings, resulting in stored XSS and potential code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h45f-f9w2-prgp

## What is CVE-2021-24446?

CVE-2021-24446 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Remove Footer Credit, published on 14 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Remove Footer Credit WordPress plugin before 1.0.6 does not have CSRF check in place when saving its settings, which could allow attacker to make logged in admins change them and lead to Stored XSS issue as well due to the lack of sanitisation

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24446?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpchill Remove Footer Credit.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24446?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24446 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24446 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24446 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Remove Footer Credit

- [CVE-2024-32429](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32429/): WordPress Remove Footer Credit plugin <= 1.0.13 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2021-25050](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25050/): Remove Footer Credit < 1.0.11 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24446 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24446 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Remove Footer Credit, published on 14 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24446 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Remove Footer Credit. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24446/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24446/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24446
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24446
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24446

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24446/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.