PT-2021-4129 · WordPress · Smart Email Alerts

P7E4 · Published 2021-08-16 · Updated 2021-08-23 · CVE-2021-34642

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 Smart Email Alerts WordPress plugin versions up to and including 1.0.10

Description The issue exists due to a lack of protection for the web page structure in the ~/views/settings.php file. This allows a remote attacker to inject arbitrary web scripts. The vulnerability is related to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the api key in the ~/views/settings.php file.

Recommendations For versions up to and including 1.0.10, update to a version that includes a fix for this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the api key parameter in the ~/views/settings.php file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-04721

CVE-2021-34642

Affected Products

Smart Email Alerts

References · 7

• 🔥 https://wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-34642 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-email-alerts/trunk/views/settings.php#L38 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-34642 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-34642 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-04721 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/19464 · Telegram Post
• https://vuldb.com/?id.180938 · Note