Description
The WP-Backgrounds Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ino_save_data() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save meta data via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Published: 2023-07-12
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-34246 The WP-Backgrounds Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 2.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the ino_save_data() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save meta data via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title WP-Backgrounds Lite <= 2.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass
Weaknesses CWE-352

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Inoplugs Wp-backgrounds-lite
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:26:38.191Z

Reserved: 2023-07-11T18:09:05.378Z

Link: CVE-2021-4419

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:23:10.774Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-07-12T07:15:09.577

Modified: 2026-04-08T19:17:46.797

Link: CVE-2021-4419

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses