CVE-2021-24496

Community Event < 1.4.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Community Events WordPress plugin before 1.4.8 does not sanitise, validate or escape its importrowscount and successimportcount GET parameters before outputting them back in an admin page, leading to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue which will be executed in the context of a logged in administrator

El plugin Community Events de WordPress versiones anteriores a 1.4.8, no sanea, comprueba ni escapa de sus parámetros GET importrowscount y successimportcount antes de devolverlos a la página de administración, conllevando a un problema de tipo Cross-Site Scripting reflejado que será ejecutado en el contexto de un administrador conectado

*Credits: iohex

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-01-14 CVE Reserved
2021-07-02 CVE Published
2024-04-17 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-03 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5fd1cb7f-a036-4c5b-9557-0ffd4ef6b834	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Community Events Project Search vendor "Community Events Project"		Community Events Search vendor "Community Events Project" for product "Community Events"				< 1.4.8 Search vendor "Community Events Project" for product "Community Events" and version " < 1.4.8"		wordpress		Affected