CVE-2021-24232 Advanced Booking Calendar < 1.6.8 - Authenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Authenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized license error messages in the Advanced Booking Calendar plugin settings.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-24232?
CVE-2021-24232 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Advanced Booking Calendar, published on 22 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 Advanced Booking Calendar WordPress plugin before 1.6.8 does not sanitise the license error message when output in the settings page, leading to an authenticated reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24232?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Elbtide Advanced Booking Calendar.
How do I fix CVE-2021-24232?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24232 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2021-24232 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24232 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Advanced Booking Calendar
- CVE-2022-45822 WordPress Advanced Booking Calendar Plugin <= 1.7.1 is vulnerable to SQL Injection
- CVE-2022-0694 Advanced Booking Calendar < 1.7.0 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
- CVE-2022-1006 Advanced Booking Calendar < 1.7.1 - Admin+ SQLi
- CVE-2022-1007 Advanced Booking Calendar < 1.7.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2022-45824 WordPress Advanced Booking Calendar Plugin <= 1.7.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mxq8-qjm4-g6gq.