# CVE-2021-24910: Transposh WordPress Translation < 1.0.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

> Reflected XSS in Transposh WordPress Translation plugin allows attackers to execute scripts via the 'a' parameter when curl is installed.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vvqg-9xpw-c884

## What is CVE-2021-24910?

CVE-2021-24910 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Transposh WordPress Translation, published on 22 Aug 2022. 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 Transposh WordPress Translation WordPress plugin before 1.0.8 does not sanitise and escape the a parameter via an AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users when the curl library is installed) before outputting it back in the response, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24910?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Transposh Transposh Wordpress Translation.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24910?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24910 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24910 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-24910 exists.

Public exploit code:

- WordPress Transposh Translation <1.0.8 - Cross-Site Scripting (nuclei): http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-24910.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Transposh WordPress Translation

- [CVE-2022-25811](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25811/): Transposh WordPress Translation <= 1.0.8 - Admin+ SQL Injection (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2022-25812](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25812/): Transposh WordPress Translation < 1.0.8 - Admin+ RCE (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2022-25810](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25810/): Transposh WordPress Translation <= 1.0.8 - Subscriber+ Unauthorised Calls (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-24911](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24911/): Transposh WordPress Translation < 1.0.8 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2021-24912](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24912/): Transposh WordPress Translation < 1.0.8 - CSRF to Stored XSS (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24910 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24910 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Transposh WordPress Translation, published on 22 Aug 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-24910 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Transposh WordPress Translation. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24910/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24910/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24910
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24910
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24910

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24910/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.