CVE-2021-24218

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    CVE-2021-24218

    Published: 12 Apr 2021Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: , https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/169d21fc-d191-46ff-82e8-9ac887aed8a4, https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/03/two-vulnerabilities-patched-in-facebook-for-wordpress-plugin/

    Affected packages

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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