Facebook for WordPress <= 3.0.3 - Cross-site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-site Scripting and Settings Deletion via wp_ajax_(save|delete)_fbe_settings

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
CVE CVE-2021-24218
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published March 25, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Chloe Chamberland
Description

The wp_ajax_save_fbe_settings and wp_ajax_delete_fbe_settings AJAX actions of the Facebook for WordPress plugin before 3.0.4 were vulnerable to CSRF due to a lack of nonce protection. The settings in the saveFbeSettings function had no sanitization allowing for script tags to be saved.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug official-facebook-pixel (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • 3.0.0 - 3.0.4
Patched Version
  • 3.0.4
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