CVE-2021-24196 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Social Slider Widget WordPress plugin before 1.8.5 allowed Authenticated Reflected XSS in the plugin settings page as the ‘token_error’ parameter can be controlled by users and it is directly echoed without being sanitized

Published: 2021-04-05

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Social Slider Widget

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.8.5`	affected	< 1.8.5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cm-wp:social_slider_widget:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-11110	The Social Slider Widget WordPress plugin before 1.8.5 allowed Authenticated Reflected XSS in the plugin settings page as the ‘token_error’ parameter can be controlled by users and it is directly echoed without being sanitized

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00679.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://purinechu.github.io/posts/social_slider_widget_reflected_xss/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb20d732-a5e4-4140-ab51-b2aa1a53db12

History

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Subscriptions

Cm-wp Social Slider Widget

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-04-05T18:27:45.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:21:18.781Z

Reserved: 2021-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-24196

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-04-05T19:15:16.827

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:39:34.957

Link: CVE-2021-24196

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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