CVE-2021-24796 My Tickets < 1.8.31 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via the Email field, leading to admin account takeover in the My Tickets plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-24796?
CVE-2021-24796 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown My Tickets, published on 17 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 My Tickets WordPress plugin before 1.8.31 does not properly sanitise and escape the Email field of booked tickets before outputting it in the Payment admin dashboard, which could allow unauthenticated users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against admins
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24796?
It affects 1 product.
Products include My Tickets Project My Tickets.
How do I fix CVE-2021-24796?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24796 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-2021-24796 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24796 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown My Tickets
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3x29-7jf5-grwh.