CVE-2021-4407
Custom Banners <= 3.2.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass
The Custom Banners plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.2.2 This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the saveCustomFields() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save custom fields via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
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
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Custom Banners <= 3.2.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass
The Custom Banners plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.2.2 This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the saveCustomFields() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save custom fields via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
CVE-2021-4407- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-34234
The Custom Banners plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.2.2 This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the saveCustomFields() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save custom fields via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
EUVD-2021-34234- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xqgm-mm4x-rx9j
The Custom Banners plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions...
The Custom Banners plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.2.2 This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the saveCustomFields() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save custom fields via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
GHSA-xqgm-mm4x-rx9j- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Custom Banners plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.2.2 This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the saveCustomFields() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save custom fields via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
- Record
CVE-2021-4407- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-4407 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Ghuger Custom Banners, published July 12, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, the 32nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8f4c086d-8209-4212-9d91-67238c1a9143?source=cve
blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks
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plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2473385%40custom-banners&new=2473385%40custom-banners&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4407
github.com/advisories/GHSA-xqgm-mm4x-rx9j