CVE-2021-24178: Business Directory Plugin < 5.11.1 - Arbitrary Add/Edit/Delete Form Field to Stored XSS

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-05-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress WordPress plugin before 5.11.1 suffered from Cross-Site Request Forgery issues, allowing an attacker to make a logged in administrator add, edit or delete form fields, which could also lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.

Affected products

Business Directory Team Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress: before 5.11.1 — fixed in 5.11.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Business Directory Team Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress 5.11.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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