CVE-2021-25051

HIGH

Modal Window < 5.2.2 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Leading to Remote Code Execution via Arbitrary File Inclusion

Title source: llm

Description

The Modal Window WordPress plugin before 5.2.2 within the wow-company admin menu page allows to include() arbitrary file with PHP extension (as well as with data:// or http:// protocols), thus leading to CSRF RCE.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/566ff8dc-f820-412b-b2d3-fa789bce528e

Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2641645/modal-window

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0077

EPSS Percentile 51.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-352

Status published

Products (1)

wow-company/modal_window < 5.2.2

Published Jan 10, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026