Name: CVE-2021-24218: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2021-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-24218, CWE-352, CVSS 8.8, EPSS 0.00699

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Official Facebook Pixel Plugin	—	Update official-facebook-pixel plugin to version 3.0.4, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Mar 25, 2021

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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