CVE-2021-24830 Advanced Access Manager < 6.8.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via unescaped settings in the Advanced Access Manager plugin, potentially compromising other users.
- 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-2021-24830?
CVE-2021-24830 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Advanced Access Manager, published on 23 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 Advanced Access Manager WordPress plugin before 6.8.0 does not escape some of its settings when outputting them, 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-2021-24830?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vasyltech Advanced Access Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2021-24830?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24830 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-2021-24830 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24830 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Advanced Access Manager
- CVE-2019-25213 Advanced Access Manager <= 5.9.8.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read
- CVE-2020-35935 Privilege escalation in n/a
- CVE-2014-6059 File upload in n/a
- CVE-2024-29127 WordPress Advanced Access Manager plugin <= 6.9.20 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2023-51674 WordPress Advanced Access Manager Plugin <= 6.9.18 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h54q-fpvg-vhq5.