CVE-2021-42367 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Variation Swatches for WooCommerce WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via several parameters found in the ~/includes/class-menu-page.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 2.1.1. Due to missing authorization checks on the tawcvs_save_settings function, low-level authenticated users such as subscribers can exploit this vulnerability.

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 None

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 0.00177.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Variation Swatches For Woocommerce Project	Variation Swatches For Woocommerce

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:variation_swatches_for_woocommerce_project:variation_swatches_for_woocommerce:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

Update to version 2.1.2, or newer.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2634227%40variation-swatches-for-woocommerce&new=2634227%40variation-swatches-for-woocommerce&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-42367

History

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2021-12-14T15:50:10.177Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T20:47:20.144Z

Reserved: 2021-10-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-42367

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:30:38.336Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-14T16:15:09.527

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:27:40.350

Link: CVE-2021-42367

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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