Quiz Tool Lite <= 2.3.15 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2021-10-11 00:00

Shivam Rai

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginQuiz Tool Lite

Affected Version<= 2.3.15

CVSS4.8Medium

CVECVE-2021-24701

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Vulnerability Overview

The Quiz Tool Lite WordPress plugin through 2.3.15 does not sanitize multiple input fields used when creating or managing quizzes and in other setting options, allowing high privilege users to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24701 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4a515dc9-e6d6-4083-a3e8-c22307b120a8

CVSS Vector

4.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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