CVE-2021-25050 Remove Footer Credit < 1.0.11 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
High-privilege users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized settings in the Remove Footer Credit 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-2021-25050?
CVE-2021-25050 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Remove Footer Credit, published on 14 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 Remove Footer Credit WordPress plugin before 1.0.11 does properly sanitise its settings, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25050?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpchill Remove Footer Credit.
How do I fix CVE-2021-25050?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25050 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-2021-25050 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25050 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Remove Footer Credit
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m5g6-63c5-9cj4.