CVE-2021-24452

MEDIUMNuclei

W3 Total Cache < 2.1.5 - Reflected XSS in Extensions Page (JS Context)

Title source: CVE List
STIX 2.1 vulnerability

Record summary

CVE-2021-24452 has a selected CVSS score of 6.1 (medium); EIP currently links 1 Nuclei template.

Description

The W3 Total Cache WordPress plugin before 2.1.5 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.

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

Available material

Nuclei templates
1

Affected products and versions

1
ProductSourceVersion range

W3 Total Cache

Browse BoldGrid / W3 Total Cache
CVE List2.1.5 to < 2.1.5affected

Nuclei templates

1
ProjectDiscoveryMEDIUMWordPress W3 Total Cache <2.1.5 - Cross-Site ScriptingCVSS 6.1

WordPress W3 Total Cache plugin before 2.1.5 is susceptible to cross-site scripting via the extension parameter in the Extensions dashboard, when the setting 'Anonymously track usage to improve product quality' is enabled. The parameter is output in a JavaScript context without proper escaping. This can 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.

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 2.1.5.

WeaknessesCWE-79
Authorstheamanrawat
Template tagscve2021cvexsswpscanwordpresswp-pluginwpw3-total-cacheauthboldgridvuln
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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24452

Source: ProjectDiscovery

References

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