CVE-2021-24611: Keywords & Meta <= 3.0 - CSRF to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

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: 2021-09-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

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.

Affected products

Keyword Meta: through 3.0

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b4a2e595-6971-4a2a-a346-ac4445a5e0cd
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b4a2e595-6971-4a2a-a346-ac4445a5e0cd

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