CVE-2021-24988

The WP RSS Aggregator WordPress plugin before 4.19.3 does not sanitise and escape data before outputting it in the System Info admin dashboard, which could lead to a Stored XSS issue due to the wprss_dismiss_addon_notice AJAX action missing authorisation and CSRF checks, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to call it and set a malicious payload in the addon parameter.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 3.5 LOW

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

3.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0742483b-6314-451b-a63a-536fd1e14845	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wprssaggregator:wp_rss_aggregator:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-12-27 11:15

Updated : 2022-10-24 16:38

NVD link : CVE-2021-24988

Mitre link : CVE-2021-24988

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-24988

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wprssaggregator

wp_rss_aggregator

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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