4.8
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2021-24427
W3 Total Cache WordPress Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Description

The W3 Total Cache WordPress plugin before 2.1.3 did not sanitise or escape some of its CDN settings, allowing high privilege users to use JavaScript in them, which will be output in the page, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue

INFO

Published Date :

July 12, 2021, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:53 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-24427 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Boldgrid w3_total_cache
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 LOW [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-24427 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-2021-24427 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-24427 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-24427 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-04-25%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-W3-Total-Cache-WordPress-Plugin-v2.1.2.txt
    Added Reference https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5da5ce9a-82a6-404f-8dec-795d7905b3f9
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference WPScan https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-04-25%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-W3-Total-Cache-WordPress-Plugin-v2.1.2.txt [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference WPScan https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/[2021-04-25]-[WordPress]-[CWE-79]-W3-Total-Cache-WordPress-Plugin-v2.1.2.txt
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 15, 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:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/[2021-04-25]-[WordPress]-[CWE-79]-W3-Total-Cache-WordPress-Plugin-v2.1.2.txt Broken Link https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/[2021-04-25]-[WordPress]-[CWE-79]-W3-Total-Cache-WordPress-Plugin-v2.1.2.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5da5ce9a-82a6-404f-8dec-795d7905b3f9 No Types Assigned https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5da5ce9a-82a6-404f-8dec-795d7905b3f9 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:boldgrid:w3_total_cache:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.1.3
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 4.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 3.5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.29 }} -9.29%

score

0.49251

percentile