CVE-2021-24612 Sociable <= 4.3.4.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts into the admin dashboard via unsanitized settings, potentially compromising other administrators.
- 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-2021-24612?
CVE-2021-24612 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Sociable, published on 18 Oct 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Sociable WordPress plugin through 4.3.4.1 does not sanitise or escape some of its settings before outputting them in the admins dashboard, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against other users even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24612?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sociable Project Sociable.
How do I fix CVE-2021-24612?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24612 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-2021-24612 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24612 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pfqf-wc3x-x6hv.