PT-2022-9477 · WordPress · Mortgage Calculator / Loan Calculator

Apple502J · Published 2022-01-03 · Updated 2022-01-07 · CVE-2021-24828

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 The Mortgage Calculator / Loan Calculator WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.5.17

Description The issue is related to the mlcalc shortcode not escaping some of its attributes before outputting them, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.5.17, update to version 1.5.17 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the mlcalc shortcode until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-24828

Affected Products

Mortgage Calculator / Loan Calculator

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6f9d1ee5-7ed7-4304-96a2-611b2f0081d2 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24828 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24828 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/25120 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/34861 · Telegram Post