CVE-2021-24543

jQuery Reply to Comment <= 1.31 - CSRF to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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 jQuery Reply to Comment WordPress plugin through 1.31 does not have any CSRF check when saving its settings, nor sanitise or escape its 'Quote String' and 'Reply String' settings before outputting them in Comments, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.

El plugin jQuery Reply to Comment de WordPress versiones hasta 1.31, no presenta ninguna comprobación de CSRF cuando guarda sus ajustes, ni sanea o escapa de sus ajustes "Quote String" y "Reply String" antes de mostrarlos en los comentarios, conllevando a un problema de tipo Cross-Site Scripting Almacenado

*Credits: Prashant Karman Patel

CVSS Scores

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

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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
2021-09-21 CVE Published
2024-05-31 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')
CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aa23f743-811b-4fd1-81a9-42916342e312	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
Jquery-reply-to-comment Project Search vendor "Jquery-reply-to-comment Project"		Jquery-reply-to-comment Search vendor "Jquery-reply-to-comment Project" for product "Jquery-reply-to-comment"				<= 1.31 Search vendor "Jquery-reply-to-comment Project" for product "Jquery-reply-to-comment" and version " <= 1.31"		wordpress		Affected