CVE-2021-24248: business directory team business directory plugin – easy listing directories for wordpress
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2021-24248 is a high (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in business directory team business directory plugin – easy listing directories for wordpress. EPSS estimates a 1.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.3% 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 5.11.1 did not properly check for imported files, forbidding certain extension via a blacklist approach, allowing administrator to import an archive with a .php4 inside for example, leading to RCE
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- wordfenceSource7.2HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.58%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
75%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.58% on 21-09-2026
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
- business directory plugin – easy listing directories for wordpress≥ 5.11.1, < 5.11.1
Strategy111 product
Wordpress1 product
- business-directory-plugin≤ 5.11 (fixed in 5.11.1)
3 vendors · 3 products
References
2 links- wpscan.com/vulnerability/ca886a34-cd2b-4032-9de1-8089b5cf3001X Refsource CONFIRMExploitThird Party Advisory