CVE-2021-24981
Directorist – Business Directory Plugin < 7.0.6.2 - CSRF to Remote File Upload
The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.0.6.2 was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote File Upload leading to arbitrary PHP shell uploads in the wp-content/plugins directory.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.0.6.2 was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote File Upload leading to arbitrary PHP shell uploads in the wp-content/plugins directory.
- Record
CVE-2021-24981- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.1 Medium
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-352, CWE-434
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Directorist – Business Directory Plugin < 7.0.6.2 - CSRF to Remote File Upload
The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.0.6.2 was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote File Upload leading to arbitrary PHP shell uploads in the wp-content/plugins directory.
- Record
CVE-2021-24981- Weakness
- CWE-434, CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11893 No score
The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.0.6.2 was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote File Upload leading to arbitrary PHP shell uploads in the wp-content/plugins directory.
- Record
EUVD-2021-11893- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g47h-745c-4p4f No score
The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.0.6.2 was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery to...
The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.0.6.2 was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote File Upload leading to arbitrary PHP shell uploads in the wp-content/plugins directory.
- Record
GHSA-g47h-745c-4p4f- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
The Directorist WordPress plugin before 7.0.6.2 was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote File Upload leading to arbitrary PHP shell uploads in the wp-content/plugins directory.
- Record
CVE-2021-24981- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-24981 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Unknown Directorist – Business Directory Plugin, published December 21, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.84%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.