CVE-2021-24436

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1
Description
The W3 Total Cache WordPress plugin before 2.1.4 was vulnerable to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) security vulnerability within the "extension" parameter in the Extensions dashboard, which is output in an attribute without being escaped first. This could allow an attacker, who can convince an authenticated admin into clicking a link, to run malicious JavaScript within the user's web browser, which could lead to full site compromise.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-24436
  • Assigner
  • contact@wpscan.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-07-19T11:15:08
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-07-28T13:22:19
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:boldgrid:w3_total_cache:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* 1 OR 2.1.4
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.1
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05988ebb-7378-4a3a-9d2d-30f8f58fe9ef Exploit Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24436
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-24436
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 15:52:40 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 06:23:55 2021-07-19T11:15Z 2021-07-19T11:15:08 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 06:23:55 2021-07-28T13:22:19 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 06:23:55 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated