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TI-2021-06894 Aliases CVE-2021-24611GHSA-q4g3-xp8v-q7h5

Keywords & Meta <= 3.0 - CSRF to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Priority LOW 24CWE-352Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Tampering, Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352 and CWE-79.

Summary

The Keyword Meta WordPress plugin through 3.0 does not sanitise of escape its settings before outputting them back in the page after they are saved, allowing for Cross-Site Scripting issues. Furthermore, it is also lacking any CSRF check, allowing attacker to make a logged in high privilege user save arbitrary setting via a CSRF attack.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00319 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownKeyword Meta3.0 – 3.0—No fix listedCNA
  • Keyword Meta VendorUnknown Affected 3.0 – 3.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:keyword_meta_project:keyword_meta:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*up to 3.0VulnerableKeyword Meta Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:keyword_meta_project:keyword_meta:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 3.0 Vulnerable ·Keyword Meta Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-24611
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q4g3-xp8v-q7h5

References

Exploit 1

Sources

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