CVE-2021-24452

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1
Description
The W3 Total Cache WordPress plugin before 2.1.5 was affected by a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue within the "extension" parameter in the Extensions dashboard, when the 'Anonymously track usage to improve product quality' setting is enabled, as the parameter is output in a JavaScript context without proper escaping. 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-2021-24452
  • Assigner
  • contact@wpscan.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-07-19T11:15:08
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-07-28T13:18:08
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 2.1.5
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/3e855e09-056f-45b5-89a9-d644b7d8c9d0 Exploit Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24452
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-24452
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 15:52:40 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 06:24:03 2021-07-19T11:15Z 2021-07-19T11:15:08 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 06:24:03 2021-07-28T13:18:08 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 06:24:03 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated