CVE-2021-34632
The SEO Backlinks WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery via the loc_config function found in the ~/seo-backlinks.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 4.0.1.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.68%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The SEO Backlinks WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery via the loc_config function found in the ~/seo-backlinks.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 4.0.1.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.68% probability · 52th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Affected
- seo backlinks project/seo backlinks
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
EPSS 0.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-backlinks/trunk/seo-backlinks.php#L75Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-34632Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/seo-backlinks/trunk/seo-backlinks.php#L75Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-34632Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.