vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: keyword-meta: CVE-2021-24611: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Aug 9, 2021 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 29, 2026 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Aug 9, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 29, 2026
Description
The Keyword Meta WordPress plugin through 3.0 does not sanitise of escape its settings before outputting them back in the page after they are saved, allowing for Cross-Site Scripting issues. Furthermore, it is also lacking any CSRF check, allowing attacker to make a logged in high privilege user save arbitrary setting via a CSRF attack.
Solution
keyword-meta-plugin-cve-2021-24611
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24611
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3e742b21-1097-459c-8c67-46d105e7b6e8?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-11523
- CVE-2021-24611
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-24611
- CWE-352
- CWE-79
- EUVD-EUVD-2021-11523
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