My Site Audit <= 1.2.5 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2021-07-19 00:00

Akash Rajendra Patil

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.2.5

Affected PluginMy Site Audit

Affected Version<= 1.2.4

CVSS5.5Medium

CVECVE-2021-24445

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Vulnerability Overview

The My Site Audit WordPress plugin through 1.2.4 does not sanitise or escape the Audit Name field when creating an audit, allowing high privilege users to set JavaScript payloads in them, even when he unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.2.5, or a newer patched version --- 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-2021-24445 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/13c607d9-a8fe-4a03-972c-d0c1b752c7d8

CVSS Vector

5.5

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

Base

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

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