CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-24218
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-04-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-352
Description
The wp_ajax_save_fbe_settings and wp_ajax_delete_fbe_settings AJAX actions of the Facebook for WordPress plugin before 3.0.4 were vulnerable to CSRF due to a lack of nonce protection. The settings in the saveFbeSettings function had no sanitization allowing for script tags to be saved.
Affected configurations
• facebook facebook (>= 3.0.0 < 3.0.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery weakness
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/169d21fc-d191-46ff-82e8-9ac887aed8a4 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/03/two-vulnerabilities-patched-in-facebook-for-wordpress-plugin/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/169d21fc-d191-46ff-82e8-9ac887aed8a4 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/03/two-vulnerabilities-patched-in-facebook-for-wordpress-plugin/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory