# CVE-2021-24411: Social Tape <= 1.0 - CSRF to Stored XSS

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts via CSRF in Social Tape plugin settings, leading to stored XSS and potential site compromise.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Aug 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4cm5-f27f-7393

## What is CVE-2021-24411?

CVE-2021-24411 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Social Tape, published on 16 Aug 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Social Tape WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not have CSRF checks in place when saving its settings, and do not sanitise or escape them before outputting them back in the page, leading to a stored Cross-Site Scripting issue via a CSRF attack

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24411?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Social Tape Project Social Tape.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24411?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24411 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24411 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24411 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24411 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24411 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Social Tape, published on 16 Aug 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24411 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Social Tape. 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-2021-24411/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24411/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24411
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24411
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24411

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24411/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.