# CVE-2021-24912: Transposh WordPress Translation < 1.0.8 - CSRF to Stored XSS

> Attackers can exploit a CSRF vulnerability to inject stored XSS payloads via the translation feature, potentially compromising admin accounts.

- **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-76qx-g957-hwpc

## What is CVE-2021-24912?

CVE-2021-24912 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 have CSRF check in its tp_translation AJAX action, which could allow attackers to make authorised users add a translation. Given the lack of sanitisation in the tk0 parameter, this could lead to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue which will be executed in the context of a logged in admin

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24912?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Transposh Transposh Wordpress Translation.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24912?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24912 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24912 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24912 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-2021-24911](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24911/): Transposh WordPress Translation < 1.0.8 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24912 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24912 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-2021-24912 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-2021-24912/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24912/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24912
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24912
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24912

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24912/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.