CVE-2021-24927 My Calendar < 3.2.18 - Subscriber+ Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

An authenticated attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser via a reflected XSS vulnerability in the My Calendar plugin.

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
None listed

What is CVE-2021-24927?

CVE-2021-24927 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown My Calendar, published on 29 Nov 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 My Calendar WordPress plugin before 3.2.18 does not sanitise and escape the callback parameter of the mc_post_lookup AJAX action (available to any authenticated user) before outputting it back in the response, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24927?

It affects 1 product.

Products include My Calendar Project My Calendar.

How do I fix CVE-2021-24927?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24927 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-2021-24927 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24927 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gcvg-gpgp-f6cf.

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