CVE-2021-24610

TranslatePress < 2.0.9 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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 TranslatePress WordPress plugin before 2.0.9 does not implement a proper sanitisation on the translated strings. The 'trp_sanitize_string' function only removes script tag with a regex, still allowing other HTML tags and attributes to execute javascript, which could lead to authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.

El plugin TranslatePress de WordPress versiones anteriores a 2.0.9, no implementa una sanitización apropiada en las cadenas traducidas. La función "trp_sanitize_string" sólo elimina la etiqueta script con una regex, permitiendo todavía que otras etiquetas y atributos HTML ejecuten javascript, que podría conllevar a problemas de tipo Cross-Site Scripting Almacenado autenticado

WordPress TranslatePress plugin version 2.0.8 suffers from a persistent cross site scripting vulnerability.

*Credits: apapedulimu

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
2021-08-30 CVE Published
2021-09-28 First Exploit
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

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

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50343	2021-09-28
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164306/WordPress-TranslatePress-2.0.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html	2024-08-03
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b87fcc2f-c2eb-4e23-9757-d1c590f26d3f	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
Cozmoslabs Search vendor "Cozmoslabs"		Translatepress Search vendor "Cozmoslabs" for product "Translatepress"				< 2.0.9 Search vendor "Cozmoslabs" for product "Translatepress" and version " < 2.0.9"		wordpress		Affected