What is CVE-2021-24173?

CVE-2021-24173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vm Backups Project, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-04-05.

How severe is CVE-2021-24173?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24173 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-2021-24173

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 update the plugin's options, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2021-04-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Vm Backups Project
Vm Backups — versions 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/b69ea1bc-3c9b-47d7-a164-c860ee46a9af (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24173?: CVE-2021-24173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vm Backups Project, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-04-05.
How severe is CVE-2021-24173?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24173 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.