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high 7.5

CVE-2021-24981 json

Directorist – Business Directory Plugin < 7.0.6.2 - CSRF to Remote File Upload

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-11893

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.0.6.2 was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote File Upload leading to arbitrary PHP shell uploads in the wp-content/plugins directory.

Patch / fix

  • wpwax directorist 7.0.6.2

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Exploit prediction

0.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4c45df6d-b3f6-49e5-8b1f-edd32a12d71c referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • blog.sucuri.net https://blog.sucuri.net/2021/11/fake-ransomware-infection-spooks-website-owners.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Unknown Directorist – Business Directory Plugin

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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