CVE-2021-24852
MouseWheel Smooth Scroll < 5.7 - Plugin's Setting Update via CSRF
The MouseWheel Smooth Scroll WordPress plugin before 5.7 does not have CSRF check in place on its settings page, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The MouseWheel Smooth Scroll WordPress plugin before 5.7 does not have CSRF check in place on its settings page, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack
- Record
CVE-2021-24852- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
MouseWheel Smooth Scroll < 5.7 - Plugin's Setting Update via CSRF
The MouseWheel Smooth Scroll WordPress plugin before 5.7 does not have CSRF check in place on its settings page, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack
- Record
CVE-2021-24852- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11764No score
The MouseWheel Smooth Scroll WordPress plugin before 5.7 does not have CSRF check in place on its settings page, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack
- Record
EUVD-2021-11764- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mrp5-j74g-hch7No score
The MouseWheel Smooth Scroll WordPress plugin before 5.7 does not have CSRF check in place on its...
The MouseWheel Smooth Scroll WordPress plugin before 5.7 does not have CSRF check in place on its settings page, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack
- Record
GHSA-mrp5-j74g-hch7- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-24852 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Mousewheel Smooth Scroll Project Smooth Scroll, published November 17, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.55%, the 46th percentile. No source names a fixed version.