CVE-2021-24304 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Newsmag WordPress theme before 5.0 does not sanitise the td_block_id parameter in its td_ajax_block AJAX action, leading to an unauthenticated Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Published: 2021-08-09

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.2% 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

Newsmag

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.0`	affected	< 5.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tagdiv:newsmag:*:*:*:*:*: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-2021-11218	The Newsmag WordPress theme before 5.0 does not sanitise the td_block_id parameter in its td_ajax_block AJAX action, leading to an unauthenticated Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

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 0.01234.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb71f2f9-76bd-43f4-a8c9-35771dd28dff

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Tagdiv Newsmag

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-08-09T10:04:04.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:28:23.440Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-24304

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-09T10:15:07.077

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:39:47.957

Link: CVE-2021-24304

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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