CVE-2021-24973

Site Reviews < 5.17.3 - Unauthenticated 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 Site Reviews WordPress plugin before 5.17.3 does not sanitise and escape the site-reviews parameter of the glsr_action AJAX action (available to unauthenticated and any authenticated users), allowing them to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged in admins viewing the Tool dashboard of the plugin

El plugin Site Reviews de WordPress versiones anteriores a 5.17.3, no sanea ni escapa el parámetro site-reviews de la acción AJAX glsr_action (disponible para usuarios no autenticados y para cualquier usuario autenticado), permitiéndoles llevar a cabo ataques de tipo Cross-Site Scripting contra administradores registrados que visualicen el panel de herramientas del plugin

*Credits: Krzysztof Zając

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

None

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
2021-12-06 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-03 First Exploit
2024-09-18 EPSS Updated
---------- 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://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0118f245-0e6f-44c1-9bdb-5b3a5d2403d6	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2629821	2022-01-08

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Geminilabs Search vendor "Geminilabs"		Site Reviews Search vendor "Geminilabs" for product "Site Reviews"				< 5.17.3 Search vendor "Geminilabs" for product "Site Reviews" and version " < 5.17.3"		wordpress		Affected