CVE-2021-4397

Published: Jul 1, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

4.3

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 1.4

Source: security@wordfence.com (Secondary)

Description

The Staff Directory Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 3.6. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the saveCustomFields() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save custom fields via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected (1)

Products: Goldplugins: Staff Directory Plugin

1 product

Staff Directory Plugin

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Goldplugins Staff Directory Plugin	Up to 3.6

Related CWEs

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request.

References (18)

https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/

Source: security@wordfence.com

Not Applicable

https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/

Source: security@wordfence.com

Not Applicable

https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1/

Source: security@wordfence.com

Not Applicable

https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2/

Source: security@wordfence.com

Not Applicable

https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3/

Source: security@wordfence.com

Third Party Advisory

https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4/

Source: security@wordfence.com

Not Applicable

https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5/

Source: security@wordfence.com

Not Applicable

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2548539%40staff-directory-pro&new=2548539%40staff-directory-pro&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Source: security@wordfence.com

Patch

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5971447d-0634-49a5-91d0-c4f0c0825a86?source=cve

Source: security@wordfence.com

Third Party Advisory

https://blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Not Applicable

https://blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Not Applicable

https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Not Applicable

https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Not Applicable

https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Not Applicable

https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Not Applicable

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2548539%40staff-directory-pro&new=2548539%40staff-directory-pro&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5971447d-0634-49a5-91d0-c4f0c0825a86?source=cve

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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