CVE-2021-24519 Vik Rent Car < 1.1.10 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Authenticated admins can inject malicious scripts via the Characteristic field, leading to stored XSS in the Vik Rent Car WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-24519?
CVE-2021-24519 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown VikRentCar Car Rental Management System, published on 16 Aug 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The VikRentCar Car Rental Management System WordPress plugin before 1.1.10 does not sanitise the 'Text Next to Icon' field when adding or editing a Characteristic, allowing high privilege users such as admin to use XSS payload in it, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24519?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vikwp Car Rental Management System.
How do I fix CVE-2021-24519?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24519 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-2021-24519 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24519 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5vqg-9g8h-vwmq.