CVE-2021-24179: business directory team business directory plugin – easy listing directories for wordpress Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2021-24179 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in business directory team business directory plugin – easy listing directories for wordpress. EPSS estimates a 0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Timeline
- 05-05-2021PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress WordPress plugin before 5.11 suffered from a Cross-Site Request Forgery issue, allowing an attacker to make a logged in administrator import files. As the plugin also did not validate uploaded files, it could lead to RCE.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- wordfenceSource8.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.67%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
51%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.67% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (wpscan.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Business directory team1 product
Strategy111 product
Wordpress1 product
- business-directory-plugin≤ 5.10.1 (fixed in 5.11)
3 vendors · 3 products
References
2 links- wpscan.com/vulnerability/c0a5cdde-732a-432a-86c2-776df5d130a7X Refsource CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory