PT-2021-22073 · WordPress · Dropdown/Scrollable Text Wordpress Plugin

P7E4 · Published 2021-09-10 · Updated 2021-09-15 · CVE-2021-38353

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 Dropdown and scrollable Text WordPress plugin versions up to and including 2.0

Description The issue allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts via the content parameter found in the ~/index.php file, enabling Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Recommendations For versions up to and including 2.0, update to a version higher than 2.0 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the ~/index.php file or disabling the content parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-38353

Affected Products

Dropdown/Scrollable Text Wordpress Plugin

References · 5

• 🔥 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dropdown-and-scrollable-text/trunk/index.php?rev=2307131#L176 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38353 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38353 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/28666 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-38353 · Note