# CVE-2021-24187: SEO Redirection < 6.4 - Authenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

> Authenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts into the SEO Redirection plugin settings page via reflected XSS, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Apr 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p44m-m5cf-5q6f

## What is CVE-2021-24187?

CVE-2021-24187 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown SEO Redirection Plugin - 301 Redirect Manager, published on 5 Apr 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The setting page of the SEO Redirection Plugin - 301 Redirect Manager WordPress plugin before 6.4 is vulnerable to reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) as user input is not properly sanitised before being output in an attribute.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24187?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Clogica Seo Redirection.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24187?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24187 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24187 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24187 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown SEO Redirection Plugin - 301 Redirect Manager

- [CVE-2016-10896](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10896/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2022-40695](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40695/): WordPress SEO Redirection Plugin plugin <= 8.9 - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting (CSRF) vulnerabilities (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2022-38704](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38704/): WordPress SEO Redirection plugin <= 8.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24187 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24187 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown SEO Redirection Plugin - 301 Redirect Manager, published on 5 Apr 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24187 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown SEO Redirection Plugin - 301 Redirect Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24187/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24187/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24187
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24187
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24187

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24187/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.