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. 7, 2023, 3:31 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.7
Exploitability Score :
1.7
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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
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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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
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-24427
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.06 }} 0.00%
score
0.22495
percentile