What is CVE-2021-24172?

CVE-2021-24172 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vm Backups Project, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2021-04-05.

How severe is CVE-2021-24172?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24172 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CSRF in Vm Backups Project

CVE-2021-24172

The VM Backups WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not have CSRF checks, allowing attackers to make a logged in user unwanted actions, such as generate backups of the DB, plugins, and current .

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

EPSS: 0.004 (33.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Vm_backups_project Vm_backups
Unknown Vm Backups — versions 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24172?: CVE-2021-24172 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vm Backups Project, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2021-04-05.
How severe is CVE-2021-24172?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24172 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.