PT-2021-16182 · WordPress · Mx Time Zone Clocks

Apple502J · Published 2021-09-27 · Updated 2021-10-05 · CVE-2021-24671

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MX Time Zone Clocks WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.4.1

Description The issue allows users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks due to the lack of escaping of the time zone attribute in the "mxmtzc time zone clocks" shortcode.

Recommendations For MX Time Zone Clocks WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.4.1, update to version 3.4.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-24671

Affected Products

Mx Time Zone Clocks

References · 3

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4e51dffa-027d-4f3d-a190-dcc5269f6435 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24671 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24671 · Vendor Advisory