CVE-2021-24538 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Current Book WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 does not sanitize user input when an authenticated user adds Author or Book Title, then does not escape these values when outputting to the browser leading to an Authenticated Stored XSS Cross-Site Scripting issue.

Published: 2021-08-16

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Current Book

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.0.1`	affected	≤ 1.0.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:current_book_project:current_book:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-11450	The Current Book WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 does not sanitize user input when an authenticated user adds Author or Book Title, then does not escape these values when outputting to the browser leading to an Authenticated Stored XSS Cross-Site Scripting issue.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00454.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f9911a43-0f4c-403f-9fca-7822eb693317

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Current Book Project Current Book

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-08-16T10:48:31.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:35:20.035Z

Reserved: 2021-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-24538

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-16T11:15:09.107

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:53:15.620

Link: CVE-2021-24538

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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