Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Jul 12, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2021-4408
CVE-2021-4408
Description
The DW Question & Answer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.5.8. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the update_answer() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update answers to questions via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:designwall:dw_question_\&_answer:*:*:*:*:pro:wordpress:*:*Range: <=1.5.8
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
9- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dw-question-answer/trunk/inc/Handle.phpnvdPatch
- blog.nintechnet.com/25-wordpress-plugins-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/nvdThird Party Advisory
- blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-3/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9852e499-f413-4218-9bac-6c2be62ecc32nvdThird Party Advisory
- blog.nintechnet.com/more-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-vulnerable-to-csrf-attacks/nvdNot Applicable
- blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-1/nvdNot Applicable
- blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-2/nvdNot Applicable
- blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-4/nvdNot Applicable
- blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-wordpress-plugins-fixed-csrf-vulnerabilities-part-5/nvdNot Applicable
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