OMGF <= 4.5.3 — Subscriber+ Arbitrary File/Folder Deletion
CVE-2021-24639Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.5.3Update to 4.5.4 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.1
- CVSS
- 8.1CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
OMGF | GDPR/DSGVO Compliant, Faster Google Fonts. Easy. host-webfonts-local
- Affected≤ 4.5.3
- Patched in4.5.4
Update to 4.5.4 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.5.3. Version 4.5.4 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under OMGF | GDPR/DSGVO Compliant, Faster Google Fonts. Easy..
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 4.5.4, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch OMGF | GDPR/DSGVO Compliant, Faster Google Fonts. Easy. to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to apple502j.
The OMGF WordPress plugin before 4.5.4 does not enforce path validation, authorisation and CSRF checks in the omgf_ajax_empty_dir AJAX action, which allows any authenticated users to delete arbitrary files or folders on the server.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in OMGF | GDPR/DSGVO Compliant, Faster Google Fonts. Easy.
All 6| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 's' Search Parameter in comments-atom Feed ≤6.3.10Update to 6.3.11 | CVE-2026-89417 | |
| High7.5 | Denial of Service to Unauthenticated Site Availability Exhaustion ≤6.3.10Update to 6.3.11 | CVE-2026-91828 | |
| High8.6 | Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Directory Deletion and Cross-Site Scripting ≤5.7.9Update to 5.7.10 | CVE-2023-6600 | |
| Medium4.9 | Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary Folder Deletion via Path Traversal ≤4.5.11Update to 4.5.12 | CVE-2021-25021 | |
| Critical9.1 | Unauthenticated Path Traversal in REST API ≤4.5.3Update to 4.5.4 | CVE-2021-24638 |
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 's' Search Parameter in comments-atom Feed
≤6.3.10Update to 6.3.11
- High7.5Denial of Service to Unauthenticated Site Availability Exhaustion
≤6.3.10Update to 6.3.11
- High8.6Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Directory Deletion and Cross-Site Scripting
≤5.7.9Update to 5.7.10
- Medium4.9Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary Folder Deletion via Path Traversal
≤4.5.11Update to 4.5.12
- Critical9.1Unauthenticated Path Traversal in REST API
≤4.5.3Update to 4.5.4
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.1
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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