PT-2022-9668 · WordPress · Dropdown Menu Widget

Krzysztof Zając · Published 2022-04-04 · Updated 2022-04-11 · CVE-2021-25113

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 Dropdown Menu Widget WordPress plugin versions 1.9.7 and earlier

Description The issue concerns a lack of authorisation and CSRF checks when saving settings, allowing low-privilege users to update them. Additionally, the lack of sanitisation and escaping could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.

Recommendations For Dropdown Menu Widget WordPress plugin versions 1.9.7 and earlier, update to a version that includes authorisation and CSRF checks, and properly sanitizes and escapes user input to prevent Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-25113

Affected Products

Dropdown Menu Widget

References · 3

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7a5078db-e0d4-4076-9de9-5401c3ca0d65 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25113 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-25113 · Vendor Advisory