CVE-2021-24436

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-24436
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-07-19 11:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-28 13:22:00 UTC
DescriptionThe W3 Total Cache WordPress plugin before 2.1.4 was vulnerable to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) security vulnerability within the "extension" parameter in the Extensions dashboard, which is output in an attribute without being escaped first. This could allow an attacker, who can convince an authenticated admin into clicking a link, to run malicious JavaScript within the user's web browser, which could lead to full site compromise.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Boldgrid W3 Total Cache All All All All

References

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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: renniepak

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 154144 WordPress W3 Total Cache Plugin: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (CVE-2021-24436)
  • 730858 WordPress Plugin W3 Total Cache Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
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