CVE-2021-4252 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in WP-Ban. This issue affects the function toggle_checkbox of the file ban-options.php. The manipulation of the argument $_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"] leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The name of the patch is 13e0b1e922f3aaa3f8fcb1dd6d50200dd693fd76. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-216209 was assigned to this vulnerability.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0009.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wp-ban Project	Wp-ban

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp-ban_project:wp-ban:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-34098	A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in WP-Ban. This issue affects the function toggle_checkbox of the file ban-options.php. The manipulation of the argument $_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"] leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The name of the patch is 13e0b1e922f3aaa3f8fcb1dd6d50200dd693fd76. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-216209 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-ban/commit/13e0b1e922f3aaa3f8fcb1dd6d50200dd693fd76
https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-ban/pull/11
https://vuldb.com/?id.216209

History

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published: 2022-12-18T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-15T12:59:51.281Z

Reserved: 2022-12-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-4252

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:23:10.280Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-18T22:15:10.243

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:37:14.467

Link: CVE-2021-4252

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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