Fileviewer <= 2.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE	CVE-2021-24491
CVSS	High (8.8)
Publicly Published	August 17, 2021
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Jin Huang

Description

The Fileviewer WordPress plugin through 2.2 does not have CSRF checks in place when performing actions such as upload and delete files. As a result, attackers could make a logged in administrator delete and upload arbitrary files via a CSRF attack

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	fileviewer (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	No
Affected Version	<= 2.2
Patched Version

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