CVE-2021-24446: Remove Footer Credit < 1.0.6 - CSRF to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-02-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The Remove Footer Credit WordPress plugin before 1.0.6 does not have CSRF check in place when saving its settings, which could allow attacker to make logged in admins change them and lead to Stored XSS issue as well due to the lack of sanitisation

Affected products

Remove Footer Credit: before 1.0.6 — fixed in 1.0.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Remove Footer Credit 1.0.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/be55131b-d9f2-4ac1-b667-c544c066887f
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/be55131b-d9f2-4ac1-b667-c544c066887f

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