# CVE-2021-24683: Weather Effect < 1.3.4 - CSRF to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts via CSRF in Weather Effect plugin settings, leading to stored XSS and potential site compromise.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Oct 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gmwg-m5q2-qr9g

## What is CVE-2021-24683?

CVE-2021-24683 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Weather Effect – Christmas Santa Snow Falling, published on 11 Oct 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Weather Effect WordPress plugin before 1.3.4 does not have any CSRF checks in place when saving its settings, and do not validate or escape them, which could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24683?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Awplife Weather Effect.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24683?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24683 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24683 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24683 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Weather Effect – Christmas Santa Snow Falling

- [CVE-2021-24709](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24709/): Weather Effect < 1.3.6 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24683 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24683 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Weather Effect – Christmas Santa Snow Falling, published on 11 Oct 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24683 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Weather Effect – Christmas Santa Snow Falling. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24683/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24683/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24683
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24683
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24683

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24683/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.