CVE-2021-25005 SEUR Oficial < 1.7.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 4.8 Published Updated

High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the SEUR Oficial 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-2021-25005?

CVE-2021-25005 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown SEUR Oficial, published on 17 Jan 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The SEUR Oficial WordPress plugin before 1.7.0 does not sanitize and escape 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-2021-25005?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Seur Oficial Project Seur Oficial.

How do I fix CVE-2021-25005?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25005 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-2021-25005 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25005 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2hcp-6839-gvwf.

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