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WordPress Plugin: wp-extra-file-types: CVE-2021-24936: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 27, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The WP Extra File Types WordPress plugin before 0.5.1 does not have CSRF check when saving its settings, nor sanitise and escape some of them, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them and perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Solution

wp-extra-file-types-plugin-cve-2021-24936
Title
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