CVE-2021-24944 Custom Dashboard & Login Page < 7.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Custom Dashboard & Login Page WordPress plugin, potentially compromising admin sessions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-24944?
CVE-2021-24944 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Custom Dashboard & Login Page – AGCA, published on 1 Feb 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Custom Dashboard & Login Page WordPress plugin before 7.0 does not sanitise some of its settings, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24944?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cusmin Absolutely Glamorous Custom Admin.
How do I fix CVE-2021-24944?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24944 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-2021-24944 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24944 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Custom Dashboard & Login Page – AGCA
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9fch-7g2x-c6hx.