PT-2021-15841 · WordPress · Newsmag

Truoc Phan · Published 2021-08-09 · Updated 2021-08-17 · CVE-2021-24304

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Newsmag WordPress theme versions prior to 5.0

Description The issue is related to an unauthenticated Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This occurs because the td block id parameter in the td ajax block AJAX action is not properly sanitized.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.0, update to version 5.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the td ajax block AJAX action to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the td block id parameter in the affected AJAX endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-24304

Affected Products

Newsmag

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb71f2f9-76bd-43f4-a8c9-35771dd28dff · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24304 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24304 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/19468 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/19533 · Telegram Post