CVE-2021-24517 Stop Spammers Security < 2021.18 - Authenticated Stored XSS
Authenticated administrators can inject stored XSS payloads into plugin settings, potentially leading to code execution in the context of other users.
- 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-2021-24517?
CVE-2021-24517 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms, published on 6 Sep 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 Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms WordPress plugin before 2021.18 does not escape some of its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to set Cross-Site Scripting payloads in them even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24517?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Trumani Stop Spammers.
How do I fix CVE-2021-24517?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24517 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-2021-24517 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24517 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fp6q-wmwj-3m9p.