CVE-2021-24518

WPFront Notification Bar < 2.0.0.07176 - Authenticated Stored XSS

Severity Score

4.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The WPFront Notification Bar WordPress plugin before 2.0.0.07176 does not sanitise or escape its Custom CSS setting, allowing high privilege users such as admin to set XSS payload in it even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue

El plugin de WordPress WPFront Notification Bar versiones anteriores a 2.0.0.07176, no sanea ni escapa de su configuración CSS personalizada, permitiendo a usuarios con privilegios elevados, como el administrador, ajustar una carga útil de tipo XSS en ella incluso cuando la capacidad unfiltered_html no está permitida, conllevando a un problema de tipo Cross-Site Scripting Almacenado y autenticado.

The WPFront Notification Bar WordPress plugin before 2.0.0 does not sanitise or escape its Custom CSS setting, allowing high privilege users such as admin to set XSS payload in it even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue

*Credits: swapnil subhash bodekar

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

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
2021-07-11 CVE Published
2023-03-09 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 (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163472	2024-08-03
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/53103cdc-a4bf-40fa-aeb1-790fc7a65f0a	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
Wpfront Search vendor "Wpfront"		Notification Bar Search vendor "Wpfront" for product "Notification Bar"				< 2.0.0.07176 Search vendor "Wpfront" for product "Notification Bar" and version " < 2.0.0.07176"		wordpress		Affected