id: CVE-2021-24214 info: name: WordPress OpenID Connect Generic Client 3.8.0-3.8.1 - Cross-Site Scripting author: tess severity: medium description: WordPress OpenID Connect Generic Client plugin 3.8.0 and 3.8.1 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize the login error when output back in the login form, thereby not requiring authentication, which can be exploited with the default configuration. remediation: | Update to the latest version of the WordPress OpenID Connect Generic Client plugin (3.8.2) to fix this vulnerability. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/31cf0dfb-4025-4898-a5f4-fc7115565a10 - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-24214 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24214 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-2021-24214 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.00369 epss-percentile: 0.69578 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:daggerhartlab:openid_connect_generic_client:3.8.0:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 1 vendor: daggerhartlab product: openid_connect_generic_client framework: wordpress tags: wpscan,cve,cve2021,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,wp,openid http: - method: GET path: - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-login.php?login-error=' matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - 'ERROR ():' - 'Login with OpenID Connect' condition: and - type: word part: header words: - text/html - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4a0a0047304502200ed2a43543da8602a343e80b06cc554702d2858322fdc6c2a46438723dfdf2ab0221009148c79b9f235f76b54c557ad0f8df1d288bdcc3379ec64678ecde2f208d8018:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950