# CVE-2021-24939: LoginWP < 3.0.0.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized URL parameters in the LoginWP WordPress plugin admin page, potentially leading to session hijacking or code execution.

- **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:** 6 Dec 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8rq5-r7hg-52gr

## What is CVE-2021-24939?

CVE-2021-24939 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown LoginWP (Formerly Peter's Login Redirect), published on 6 Dec 2021. 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 LoginWP (Formerly Peter's Login Redirect) WordPress plugin before 3.0.0.5 does not sanitise and escape the rul_login_url and rul_logout_url parameter before outputting them back in attributes in an admin page, 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-2021-24939?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Profilepress Loginwp.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24939?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24939 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24939 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24939 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown LoginWP (Formerly Peter's Login Redirect)

- [CVE-2019-15115](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15115/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-10925](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10925/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24939 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24939 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown LoginWP (Formerly Peter's Login Redirect), published on 6 Dec 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24939 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown LoginWP (Formerly Peter's Login Redirect). 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-2021-24939/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24939/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24939
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24939
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24939

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24939/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.