CVE-2021-24218 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the Facebook for WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.0.4. Specifically, the wp_ajax_save_fbe_settings and wp_ajax_delete_fbe_settings AJAX actions lacked nonce protection, and the saveFbeSettings function did not sanitize input, allowing script tags to be saved. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise possible through a low-complexity network attack requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.0.0, < 3.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:facebook:facebook:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.