CVE-2021-24594 Translate WordPress - Google Language Translator < 6.0.12 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Translate WordPress plugin, leading to stored XSS attacks.
- 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-2021-24594?
CVE-2021-24594 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator, published on 8 Nov 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator WordPress plugin before 6.0.12 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings before outputting it in various pages, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24594?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gtranslate Google Language Translator.
How do I fix CVE-2021-24594?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24594 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-2021-24594 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24594 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wgwv-6x26-xh66.