CVE-2021-24124 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Unvalidated input and lack of output encoding in the WP Shieldon WordPress plugin, version 1.6.3 and below, leads to Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) when the CAPTCHA page is shown could lead to privileged escalation.

Published: 2021-03-18

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% 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

WP Shieldon

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.6.3`	affected	≤ 1.6.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:terryl:wp_shieldon:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-11038	Unvalidated input and lack of output encoding in the WP Shieldon WordPress plugin, version 1.6.3 and below, leads to Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) when the CAPTCHA page is shown could lead to privileged escalation.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01148.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8d0eb0b4-0cc0-44e5-b720-90b01df3a6ee

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Terryl Wp Shieldon

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-03-18T14:57:48.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:21:18.238Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-24124

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-18T15:15:13.760

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:39:26.043

Link: CVE-2021-24124

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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