CVE-2021-24936
WP Extra File Types < 0.5.1 - CSRF to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The WP Extra File Types WordPress plugin before 0.5.1 does not have CSRF check when saving its settings, nor sanitise and escape some of them, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them and perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The WP Extra File Types WordPress plugin before 0.5.1 does not have CSRF check when saving its settings, nor sanitise and escape some of them, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them and perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks
- Record
CVE-2021-24936- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
WP Extra File Types < 0.5.1 - CSRF to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The WP Extra File Types WordPress plugin before 0.5.1 does not have CSRF check when saving its settings, nor sanitise and escape some of them, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them and perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks
- Record
CVE-2021-24936- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11848 No score
The WP Extra File Types WordPress plugin before 0.5.1 does not have CSRF check when saving its settings, nor sanitise and escape some of them, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them and perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks
- Record
EUVD-2021-11848- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-29ch-3cxc-63fh No score
The WP Extra File Types WordPress plugin before 0.5.1 does not have CSRF check when saving its...
The WP Extra File Types WordPress plugin before 0.5.1 does not have CSRF check when saving its settings, nor sanitise and escape some of them, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them and perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks
- Record
GHSA-29ch-3cxc-63fh- 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-2021-24936 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.0) in Unknown Wp Extra File Types, published January 24, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.54%, the 45th percentile. No source names a fixed version.