PT-2022-9627 · WordPress · Wordpress

Krzysztof Zając · Published 2022-03-28 · Updated 2022-04-04 · CVE-2021-25071

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 WordPress plugin versions prior to 2.0.2

Description The issue arises from the lack of proper sanitization and escaping of the translation parameter, which is then outputted back in an admin page. This leads to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue, allowing potential attackers to inject malicious scripts.

Recommendations For WordPress plugin version 2.0.1 and earlier, update to version 2.0.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-25071

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 3

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/53085936-fa07-4f00-a7dc-bbe98c51320e · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-25071 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25071 · Security Note