CVE-2021-24904 Mortgage Calculators WP < 1.56 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized background color settings in the Mortgage Calculators WP plugin.
- 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-2021-24904?
CVE-2021-24904 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Mortgage Calculators WP, published on 14 Feb 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Mortgage Calculators WP WordPress plugin before 1.56 does not implement any sanitisation on the color setting of the background of a calculator, which could allow high privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24904?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Lenderd Mortgage Calculators Wp.
How do I fix CVE-2021-24904?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24904 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-2021-24904 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24904 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r226-364c-3qcx.