CVE-2021-25078 Affiliates Manager < 2.9.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via IP addresses in click tracking logs, potentially compromising admin accounts viewing these logs.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-25078?
CVE-2021-25078 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Affiliates Manager, published on 24 Jan 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 Affiliates Manager WordPress plugin before 2.9.0 does not validate, sanitise and escape the IP address of requests logged by the click tracking feature, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against admin viewing the tracked requests.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25078?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpaffiliatemanager Affiliates Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2021-25078?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25078 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-2021-25078 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2021-25078 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Affiliates Manager
- CVE-2019-15868 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
- CVE-2022-2798 Affiliates Manager < 2.9.14 - Affiliate CSV Injection
- CVE-2021-24844 Affiliate Manager < 2.8.7 - Admin+ SQL injection
- CVE-2023-28986 WordPress Affiliates Manager Plugin <= 2.9.20 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- CVE-2023-52148 WordPress Affiliates Manager Plugin <= 2.9.30 is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fm8r-hhjh-xqg8.