CVE-2021-25042
WordPress WP Visitor Statistics Real Time Traffic CSRF Stored XSS
Description
The WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) WordPress plugin before 5.5 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in the updateIpAddress AJAX action, allowing any authenticated user to call it, or make a logged in user do it via a CSRF attack and add an arbitrary IP address to exclude. Furthermore, due to the lack of validation, sanitisation and escaping, users could set a malicious value and perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged in admin
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 28, 2022, 9:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 5:54 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.7
Exploitability Score :
2.3
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2021-25042
vulnerability.
Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the
products
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are
affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
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-2021-25042.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05b9e478-2d3b-4460-88c1-7f81d3a68ac4 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05b9e478-2d3b-4460-88c1-7f81d3a68ac4 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2021-25042 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.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05b9e478-2d3b-4460-88c1-7f81d3a68ac4 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Mar. 08, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 08, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05b9e478-2d3b-4460-88c1-7f81d3a68ac4 No Types Assigned https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05b9e478-2d3b-4460-88c1-7f81d3a68ac4 Exploit, Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:plugins-market:wp_visitor_statistics_\(real_time_traffic\):*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.5
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-25042 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-2021-25042
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.14 }} -0.05%
score
0.30328
percentile