CVE-2021-24981 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Directorist WordPress plugin, affecting versions prior to 7.0.6.2. This flaw allows an attacker to upload arbitrary PHP shells to the wp-content/plugins directory, potentially leading to full system compromise. Rated 7.5 HIGH, the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but can be exploited remotely (AV:N) with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 7.0.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wpwax:directorist:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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, 0.4 Bluesky, 0.2 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.6 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.