CVE-2021-24178

Business Directory Plugin < 5.11.1 - Arbitrary Add/Edit/Delete Form Field to Stored XSS

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 5, 2021 at 06:39 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:39 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsBusiness Directory Plugin Easy Listing DirectoriesBusiness Directory Plugin Easy Listing Directories

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

The Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress WordPress plugin before 5.11.1 suffered from Cross-Site Request Forgery issues, allowing an attacker to make a logged in administrator add, edit or delete form fields, which could also lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 5.11.1
Affected range stops below 5.11.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 5.11.1
Affected range stops below 5.11.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-352

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