CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-20846

HIGH
8.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Push Notifications for WordPress (Lite) versions prior to 6.0.1 allows a remote attacker to hijack the authentication of an administrator and conduct an arbitrary operation via a specially crafted web page.

How to fix

Remediation Available
push notifications for wordpressNVD
Affected:< 6.0.1Fixed in:6.0.1CVE-2021-20846derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.65%probability of exploitation in 30 days
47thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 47% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1
Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVESeverityCVSSEPSSExploitedFix
CVE-2016-6277High8.8100%KEV-
CVE-2014-0054Medium6.891%-Fix
CVE-2013-6429Medium6.890%-Fix
CVE-2022-41622High8.888%--
CVE-2018-7700High8.875%--
CVE-2015-2295Medium6.866%--
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