CVE-2021-24785 Great Quotes <= 1.0.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via Quote and Author fields in the Great Quotes WordPress plugin, leading to stored XSS.
- 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-2021-24785?
CVE-2021-24785 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Great Quotes, published on 25 Oct 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Great Quotes WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not sanitise and escape the Quote and Author fields of its Quotes, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24785?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Great-Quotes Project Great-Quotes.
How do I fix CVE-2021-24785?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24785 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-2021-24785 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24785 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rpff-wccp-7hw7.