CVE-2021-24697 Simple Download Monitor < 3.9.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

What is CVE-2021-24697?

CVE-2021-24697 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Simple Download Monitor, published on 8 Nov 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 Simple Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 3.9.5 does not escape the 1) sdm_active_tab GET parameter and 2) sdm_stats_start_date/sdm_stats_end_date POST parameters before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24697?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Tipsandtricks-Hq Simple Download Monitor.

How do I fix CVE-2021-24697?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24697 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-2021-24697 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24697 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Simple Download Monitor

• CVE-2021-24693 Simple Download Monitor < 3.9.5 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting via File Thumbnail Critical 9.0
• CVE-2021-24696 Simple Download Monitor < 3.9.9 - Multiple CSRF High 8.8
• CVE-2020-5651 SQL injection in Simple Download Monitor High 8.8
• CVE-2021-24695 Simple Download Monitor < 3.9.6 - Unauthenticated Log Access High 7.5
• CVE-2021-24692 Simple Download Monitor < 3.9.5 - Contributor+ Arbitrary File Download via Path Traversal Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-2pc3-m7w9-6vv5.