CVE-2021-24179 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-24179

Business Directory Plugin < 5.11 - Arbitrary File Upload to RCE

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • 0xB9

Affected Vendor

Business Directory Team

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Affected Software

Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress
Vulnerable Versions:
5.11

Timeline

Official Publish: May 5th, 2021
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)