5.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-24821
WordPress Cost Calculator Plugin Stored XSS Vulnerability
Description

The Cost Calculator WordPress plugin before 1.6 allows users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks via the Description fields of a Cost Calculator > Price Settings (which gets injected on the edit page as well as any page that embeds the calculator using the shortcode), as well as the Text Preview field of a Project (injected on the edit project page)

INFO

Published Date :

March 7, 2022, 9:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

March 11, 2022, 6:05 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.3
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-24821 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 Nicdark cost_calculator
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-2021-24821.

URL Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f0915b66-0b99-4aeb-9fba-759cafaeb0cb Exploit Third Party Advisory

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).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-24821 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-24821 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 [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2022

    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/f0915b66-0b99-4aeb-9fba-759cafaeb0cb No Types Assigned https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f0915b66-0b99-4aeb-9fba-759cafaeb0cb Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nicdark:cost_calculator:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.6
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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-24821 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-2021-24821 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

0.22830

percentile

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