CVE-2021-25051
Modal Window < 5.2.2 - RFI leading to RCE via CSRF
The Modal Window WordPress plugin before 5.2.2 within the wow-company admin menu page allows to include() arbitrary file with PHP extension (as well as with data:// or http:// protocols), thus leading to CSRF RCE.
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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Modal Window WordPress plugin before 5.2.2 within the wow-company admin menu page allows to include() arbitrary file with PHP extension (as well as with data:// or http:// protocols), thus leading to CSRF RCE.
- Record
CVE-2021-25051- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Modal Window < 5.2.2 - RFI leading to RCE via CSRF
The Modal Window WordPress plugin before 5.2.2 within the wow-company admin menu page allows to include() arbitrary file with PHP extension (as well as with data:// or http:// protocols), thus leading to CSRF RCE.
- Record
CVE-2021-25051- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11963 No score
The Modal Window WordPress plugin before 5.2.2 within the wow-company admin menu page allows to include() arbitrary file with PHP extension (as well as with data:// or http:// protocols), thus leading to CSRF RCE.
- Record
EUVD-2021-11963- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8g5c-c435-6rx7 No score
The Modal Window WordPress plugin before 5.2.2 within the wow-company admin menu page allows to...
The Modal Window WordPress plugin before 5.2.2 within the wow-company admin menu page allows to include() arbitrary file with PHP extension (as well as with data:// or http:// protocols), thus leading to CSRF RCE.
- Record
GHSA-8g5c-c435-6rx7- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-25051 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Wow-company Modal Window, published January 10, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.80%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.