CVE-2021-24436

MEDIUMNuclei

W3 Total Cache < 2.1.4 - Reflected XSS in Extensions Page (Attribute Context)

Title source: CVE List
STIX 2.1 vulnerability

Record summary

CVE-2021-24436 has a selected CVSS score of 6.1 (medium); EIP currently links 1 Nuclei template.

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.

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

Available material

Nuclei templates
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Affected products and versions

1
ProductSourceVersion range

W3 Total Cache

Browse BoldGrid / W3 Total Cache
CVE List2.1.4 to < 2.1.4affected

Nuclei templates

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ProjectDiscoveryMEDIUMWordPress W3 Total Cache <2.1.4 - Cross-Site ScriptingCVSS 6.1

WordPress W3 Total Cache plugin before 2.1.4 is susceptible to cross-site scripting within the extension parameter in the Extensions dashboard, which is output in an attribute without being escaped first. This can allow an attacker to 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.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into the affected website, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement.

Remediation

Fixed in version 2.1.4.

WeaknessesCWE-79
Authorstheamanrawat
Template tagscve2021cvexsswpscanwordpresswp-pluginwpw3-total-cacheauthenticatedboldgridvuln
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CPE: cpe:2.3:a:boldgrid:w3_total_cache:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3e855e09-056f-45b5-89a9-d644b7d8c9d0 https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/ https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05988ebb-7378-4a3a-9d2d-30f8f58fe9ef https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24436 https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon

Source: ProjectDiscovery

References

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