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CVE-2021-24852: The MouseWheel Smooth Scroll WordPress plugin before 5.7 does not have CSRF check in place on its settings page, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack

medium Affects mousewheel-smooth-scroll (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The MouseWheel Smooth Scroll WordPress plugin before 5.7 does not have CSRF check in place on its settings page, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack

Package
mousewheel-smooth-scroll (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<5.7
Fixed in
5.7
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.5
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (45.8th percentile)
Published
2021-11-17
Source
nvd

References

CWE-352
NVD recordmousewheel-smooth-scroll (WordPress plugin) advisories

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