CVE-2021-24232 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Advanced Booking Calendar WordPress plugin before 1.6.8 does not sanitise the license error message when output in the settings page, leading to an authenticated reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Published: 2021-04-22

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

Advanced Booking Calendar

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.6.8`	affected	< 1.6.8

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:elbtide:advanced_booking_calendar:*:*:*:*:*: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-2021-11146	The Advanced Booking Calendar WordPress plugin before 1.6.8 does not sanitise the license error message when output in the settings page, leading to an authenticated reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

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 0.0062.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f06629b5-8b15-48eb-a7a7-78b693e06b71

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Elbtide Advanced Booking Calendar

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-04-22T21:00:50.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:21:19.041Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-24232

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-04-22T21:15:09.633

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:39:40.510

Link: CVE-2021-24232

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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