CVE-2021-24446: The Remove Footer Credit WordPress plugin before 1.0.6 does not have CSRF check in place when saving its settings, which could allow attacker to make logged in admins change them and lead to Stored XS

medium Affects remove-footer-credit (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.3, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

The Remove Footer Credit WordPress plugin before 1.0.6 does not have CSRF check in place when saving its settings, which could allow attacker to make logged in admins change them and lead to Stored XS

Package
remove-footer-credit (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<1.0.6
Fixed in
1.0.6
Severity
medium  CVSS 5.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (26.0th percentile)
Published
2022-02-14
Source
nvd

References

CWE-352
NVD recordremove-footer-credit (WordPress plugin) advisories

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