CVE-2021-24724 Timetable and Event Schedule by MotoPress < 2.3.19 - Author+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Low-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized parameters, potentially compromising other users' sessions in the MotoPress Timetable plugin.

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-2021-24724?

CVE-2021-24724 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Timetable and Event Schedule by MotoPress, published on 13 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 Timetable and Event Schedule by MotoPress WordPress plugin before 2.3.19 does not sanitise some of its parameters, which could allow low privilege users such as author to perform XSS attacks against frontend and backend users when viewing the related event/s

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24724?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Motopress Timetable and Event Schedule.

How do I fix CVE-2021-24724?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24724 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-2021-24724 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24724 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c847-r6f2-c2wj.

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