CVE-2021-24243
WordPress WPBakery Page Builder Clipboard Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Description
An AJAX action registered by the WPBakery Page Builder (Visual Composer) Clipboard WordPress plugin before 4.5.6 did not have capability checks nor sanitization, allowing low privilege users (subscriber+) to call it and set XSS payloads, which will be triggered in all backend pages.
INFO
Published Date :
May 6, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
May 13, 2021, 5:40 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.7
Exploitability Score :
2.3
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2021-24243
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2021-24243.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://codecanyon.net/item/visual-composer-clipboard/8897711 | Product Third Party Advisory |
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3bc0733a-b949-40c9-a5fb-f56814fc4af3 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2021-24243 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2021-24243 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 13, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type https://codecanyon.net/item/visual-composer-clipboard/8897711 No Types Assigned https://codecanyon.net/item/visual-composer-clipboard/8897711 Product, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3bc0733a-b949-40c9-a5fb-f56814fc4af3 No Types Assigned https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3bc0733a-b949-40c9-a5fb-f56814fc4af3 Exploit, Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wpbakery_page_builder_clipboard_project:wpbakery_page_builder_clipboard:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions from (including) 4.5.0 up to (excluding) 4.5.6
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-24243 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-24243
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.05 }} 0.00%
score
0.19206
percentile