CVE-2021-24793 WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher < 2.6.12 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via Feed URLs in WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher, leading to stored XSS attacks.
- 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-2021-24793?
CVE-2021-24793 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher, 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 WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher WordPress plugin before 2.6.12 does not escape the Feed URL added to a campaign before outputting it in an attribute, allowing 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-2021-24793?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Etruel Wpematico Rss Feed Fetcher.
How do I fix CVE-2021-24793?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24793 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-2021-24793 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24793 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-925j-9rm8-66vf.