CVE-2021-24852 MouseWheel Smooth Scroll < 5.7 - Plugin's Setting Update via CSRF
Medium 6.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24852 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2021-24852 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown MouseWheel Smooth Scroll, published on 17 Nov 2021.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24852 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Unknown MouseWheel Smooth Scroll. 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-2021-24852/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24852/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-24852?
CVE-2021-24852 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown MouseWheel Smooth Scroll, published on 17 Nov 2021.
Official description
The MouseWheel Smooth Scroll WordPress plugin before 5.7 does not have CSRF check in place on its settings page, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24852?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mousewheel Smooth Scroll Project Mousewheel Smooth Scroll.
How do I fix CVE-2021-24852?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24852 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-24852 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24852 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mrp5-j74g-hch7.