CVE-2021-25051 describes a critical Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability leading to Remote Code Execution (RCE) in the Modal Window WordPress plugin versions prior to 5.2.2. Specifically, the vulnerability resides within the wow-company admin menu page, allowing an attacker to include arbitrary files with PHP extensions or via data:// and http:// protocols. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, but can result in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wow-company:modal_window:*:*:*:*:*: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.