CVE-2021-24611
Wordpress Keyword Meta Plugin Cross-Site Scripting and CSRF Threat
Description
The Keyword Meta WordPress plugin through 3.0 does not sanitise of escape its settings before outputting them back in the page after they are saved, allowing for Cross-Site Scripting issues. Furthermore, it is also lacking any CSRF check, allowing attacker to make a logged in high privilege user save arbitrary setting via a CSRF attack.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 6, 2021, 11:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
Sept. 13, 2021, 11:58 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.7
Exploitability Score :
2.3
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2021-24611.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b4a2e595-6971-4a2a-a346-ac4445a5e0cd | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
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CVE-2021-24611 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]
Sep. 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://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b4a2e595-6971-4a2a-a346-ac4445a5e0cd No Types Assigned https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b4a2e595-6971-4a2a-a346-ac4445a5e0cd Exploit, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-79 Added CWE NIST CWE-352 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:keyword_meta_project:keyword_meta:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (including) 3.0
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-24611 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-2021-24611
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
0.19048
percentile