CVE-2021-24634 Recipe Card Blocks < 2.8.3 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Contributors can inject malicious scripts via Recipe Card Block properties, leading to stored XSS attacks against site visitors.

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-2021-24634?

CVE-2021-24634 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Recipe Card Blocks by WPZOOM, published on 27 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 Recipe Card Blocks by WPZOOM WordPress plugin before 2.8.3 does not properly sanitise or escape some of the properties of the Recipe Card Block (such as ingredientsLayout, iconSet, steps, ingredients, recipeTitle, or settings), which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24634?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wpzoom Recipe Card Blocks for Gutenberg \& Elementor.

How do I fix CVE-2021-24634?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24634 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-2021-24634 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24634 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2q7f-v24g-xfqg.

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