CVE-2021-20846: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Push Notifications for WordPress (Lite) versions prior to 6.0.1 allows a remote attacker to hijack the authentication of an administrator and conduct

high Affects push-notifications-for-wp (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2021-11-24; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Push Notifications for WordPress (Lite) versions prior to 6.0.1 allows a remote attacker to hijack the authentication of an administrator and conduct

Package: push-notifications-for-wp (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <6.0.1
Fixed in: 6.0.1
Severity: high CVSS 8.8
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (52.0th percentile)
Published: 2021-11-24
Source: nvd

References

CWE-352

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