CVE-2021-24722 Restaurant Menu by MotoPress < 2.4.2 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting

Medium 4.8 Published Updated

High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts into menu items, leading to stored XSS attacks in the Restaurant Menu by MotoPress plugin.

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-2021-24722?

CVE-2021-24722 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Restaurant Menu by MotoPress, published on 1 Nov 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Restaurant Menu by MotoPress WordPress plugin before 2.4.2 does not properly sanitize or escape inputs when creating new menu items, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24722?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Motopress Restaurant Menu.

How do I fix CVE-2021-24722?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24722 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-2021-24722 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24722 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-pr9v-j68v-chg2.

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