# CVE-2021-24940: Persian Woocommerce <= 5.8.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

> An attacker can execute arbitrary scripts in the admin dashboard via the unescaped s parameter, potentially compromising administrator accounts.

- **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:** 14 Mar 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m3mq-vfg8-25w4

## What is CVE-2021-24940?

CVE-2021-24940 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown ووکامرس فارسی, published on 14 Mar 2022. 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 Persian Woocommerce WordPress plugin through 5.8.0 does not escape the s parameter before outputting it back in an attribute in the admin dashboard, which could lead to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24940?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Woocommerce Persian-Woocommerce.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24940?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24940 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24940 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-24940 exists.

Public exploit code:

- WordPress Persian Woocommerce <=5.8.0 - Cross-Site Scripting (nuclei): http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-24940.yaml

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24940 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24940 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown ووکامرس فارسی, published on 14 Mar 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-24940 exists.

Affected product: Unknown ووکامرس فارسی. 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-2021-24940/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24940/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24940
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24940
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24940

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24940/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.