PT-2022-9504 · WordPress+1 · Transposh Wordpress Translation Plugin+1

Julien Ahrens · Published 2022-07-29 · Updated 2022-08-24 · CVE-2021-24910

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 Transposh WordPress Translation plugin versions prior to 1.0.8

Description The issue is related to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting problem. It occurs because the a parameter is not properly sanitised and escaped via an AJAX action. This action is available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users when the curl library is installed, allowing the parameter to be outputted back in the response.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.0.8, update to version 1.0.8 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the AJAX action or disabling the curl library until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-24910

Affected Products

Transposh Wordpress Translation Plugin

Curl Library

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b5cbebf4-5749-41a0-8be3-3333853fca17 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24910 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24910 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/defcon_news/102133 · Telegram Post