# CVE-2021-24922: Pixel Cat Lite < 2.6.2 - CSRF to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Attackers can trick admins into changing settings, leading to stored XSS and potential code execution in Pixel Cat Lite plugin.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 13 Dec 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7x28-3j26-66f5

## What is CVE-2021-24922?

CVE-2021-24922 is a critical vulnerability in Unknown Pixel Cat – Conversion Pixel Manager, published on 13 Dec 2021. 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 Pixel Cat WordPress plugin before 2.6.2 does not have CSRF check when saving its settings, and did not sanitise as well as escape some of them, which could allow attacker to make a logged in admin change them and perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24922?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fatcatapps Pixel Cat.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24922?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24922 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24922 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24922 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Pixel Cat – Conversion Pixel Manager

- [CVE-2024-8544](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8544/): Pixel Cat – Conversion Pixel Manager <= 3.0.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2021-24972](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24972/): Pixel Cat Lite < 2.6.3 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24922 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24922 is a critical vulnerability in Unknown Pixel Cat – Conversion Pixel Manager, published on 13 Dec 2021. 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-2021-24922 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Pixel Cat – Conversion Pixel Manager. 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-2021-24922/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24922/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24922
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24922
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24922

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24922/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.