CVE-2021-24523 Daily Prayer Time < 2021.08.10 - Authenticated Stored XSS

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via plugin settings, leading to stored XSS attacks against 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-2021-24523?

CVE-2021-24523 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Daily Prayer Time, published on 13 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 Daily Prayer Time WordPress plugin before 2021.08.10 does not sanitise or escape some of its settings before outputting them in the page, leading to Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24523?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mmrs151 Daily Prayer Time.

How do I fix CVE-2021-24523?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24523 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-2021-24523 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24523 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-68vv-fjgv-68v7.

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