CVE-2024-9221 Tainacan <= 0.21.10 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

What is CVE-2024-9221?

CVE-2024-9221 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Tainacan, published on 11 Oct 2024. 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 Tainacan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the use of add_query_arg without appropriate escaping on the URL in all versions up to, and including, 0.21.10. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9221?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Tainacan Tainacan.

How do I fix CVE-2024-9221?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9221 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-2024-9221 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9221 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Tainacan

• CVE-2024-48040 WordPress Tainacan plugin <= 0.21.8 - SQL Injection vulnerability High 8.5
• CVE-2024-34794 WordPress Tainacan plugin <= 0.21.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability High 7.1
• CVE-2023-47848 WordPress Tainacan Plugin <= 0.20.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) High 7.1
• CVE-2024-13236 Tainacan <= 0.21.12 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection Medium 6.5
• CVE-2024-7135 Tainacan <= 0.21.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-5gh7-7795-6ghv.