# CVE-2021-24911: Transposh WordPress Translation < 1.0.8 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Stored XSS in Transposh plugin allows attackers to inject scripts into the admin dashboard, potentially leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **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-p553-xq2c-fgrg

## What is CVE-2021-24911?

CVE-2021-24911 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Transposh WordPress Translation, published on 22 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, 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 tk0 parameter from the tp_translation AJAX action, leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting, which will trigger in the admin dashboard of the plugin. The minimum role needed to perform such attack depends on the plugin "Who can translate ?" setting.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24911?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Transposh Transposh Wordpress Translation.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24911?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24911 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24911 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24911 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## 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-2021-24910](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24910/): Transposh WordPress Translation < 1.0.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [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-2021-24911 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24911 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Transposh WordPress Translation, published on 22 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24911 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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-2021-24911/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24911/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24911
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24911
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24911

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24911/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.