CVE-2021-24594 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator WordPress plugin before 6.0.12 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings before outputting it in various pages, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Published: 2021-11-08

Score: 4.8 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

Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`6.0.12`	affected	< 6.0.12

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gtranslate:google_language_translator:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-11506	The Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator WordPress plugin before 6.0.12 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings before outputting it in various pages, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

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 0.00206.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2607480/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cf7b0f07-8b9b-40a1-ba7b-e8d34f515a6b

History

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Subscriptions

Gtranslate Google Language Translator

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-11-08T17:34:45.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:35:20.271Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-24594

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-08T18:15:08.167

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:53:22.440

Link: CVE-2021-24594

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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