CVE-2021-24611 Keywords & Meta <= 3.0 - CSRF to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Attackers can inject malicious scripts via CSRF in the Keywords & Meta plugin, potentially compromising admin accounts and executing code.
- 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-2021-24611?
CVE-2021-24611 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Keyword Meta, 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 Keyword Meta WordPress plugin through 3.0 does not sanitise of escape its settings before outputting them back in the page after they are saved, allowing for Cross-Site Scripting issues. Furthermore, it is also lacking any CSRF check, allowing attacker to make a logged in high privilege user save arbitrary setting via a CSRF attack.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24611?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Keyword Meta Project Keyword Meta.
How do I fix CVE-2021-24611?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24611 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-2021-24611 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24611 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q4g3-xp8v-q7h5.