FKIE_CVE-2021-24245

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-05-06 13:15 - Updated: 2024-11-21 05:52
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The Stop Spammers WordPress plugin before 2021.9 did not escape user input when blocking requests (such as matching a spam word), outputting it in an attribute after sanitising it to remove HTML tags, which is not sufficient and lead to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue.
References
contact@wpscan.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162623/WordPress-Stop-Spammers-2021.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5e7accd6-08dc-4c6e-9d19-73e2d7e97735Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162623/WordPress-Stop-Spammers-2021.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5e7accd6-08dc-4c6e-9d19-73e2d7e97735Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
trumani stop_spammers *
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  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:trumani:stop_spammers:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "58F6E4AB-287C-44C6-BEC1-C46E260BE1DA",
              "versionEndExcluding": "2021.9",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "The Stop Spammers WordPress plugin before 2021.9 did not escape user input when blocking requests (such as matching a spam word), outputting it in an attribute after sanitising it to remove HTML tags, which is not sufficient and lead to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "El plugin Stop Spammers WordPress versiones anteriores a 2021.9, no escap\u00f3 de la entrada del usuario al bloquear peticiones (como hacer coincidir una palabra de spam), emiti\u00e9ndolo en un atributo despu\u00e9s de sanearlo para eliminar etiquetas HTML, lo cual no es suficiente y conlleva a un problema de tipo Cross-Site Scripting Reflejado"
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2021-24245",
  "lastModified": "2024-11-21T05:52:40.663",
  "metrics": {
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      {
        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "MEDIUM",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 4.3,
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N",
          "version": "2.0"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 8.6,
        "impactScore": 2.9,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
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        "type": "Primary",
        "userInteractionRequired": true
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          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
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          "scope": "CHANGED",
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  "published": "2021-05-06T13:15:11.530",
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  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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          "value": "CWE-79"
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      "type": "Secondary"
    }
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}


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