CVE-2021-4394 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting the Locations plugin for WordPress, specifically versions up to and including 3.2.1. This flaw stems from inadequate nonce validation within the saveCustomFields() function, allowing unauthenticated attackers to manipulate custom field metadata. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if an administrator is tricked into clicking a malicious link. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:goldplugins:locations:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.