# CVE-2021-24383: WP Google Maps < 8.1.12 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

> Authenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via map names, leading to stored XSS in the admin dashboard.

- **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:** 21 Jun 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hgx6-w8x6-xmxw

## What is CVE-2021-24383?

CVE-2021-24383 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in WP Google Maps, published on 21 Jun 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 WP Google Maps WordPress plugin before 8.1.12 did not sanitise, validate of escape the Map Name when output in the Map List of the admin dashboard, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24383?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Codecabin Wp Go Maps.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24383?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24383 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24383 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24383 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- WordPress Plugin WP Google Maps 8.1.11 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in WP Google Maps

- [CVE-2019-10692](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10692/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-29931](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29931/): WordPress WP Go Maps plugin <= 9.0.29 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-5994](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5994/): WP Go Maps (formerly WP Google Maps) <= 9.0.38 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-3557](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3557/): WP Go Maps (formerly WP Google Maps) <= 9.0.36 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-1582](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1582/): WP Go Maps (formerly WP Google Maps) <= 9.0.32 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24383 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24383 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in WP Google Maps, published on 21 Jun 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-2021-24383 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: WP Google Maps. 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-2021-24383/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24383/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24383
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24383
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24383

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24383/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.