CVE-2021-24234

The Search Forms page of the Ivory Search WordPress lugin before 4.6.1 did not properly sanitise the tab parameter before output it in the page, leading to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue when opening a malicious crafted link as a high privilege user. Knowledge of a form id is required to conduct the attack.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ecc620be-8e29-4860-9d32-86b5814a3835	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.getastra.com/blog/911/plugin-exploit/reflected-xss-vulnerability-in-ivory-search-wp-plugin/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.jinsonvarghese.com/reflected-xss-vulnerability-found-in-ivory-search-plugin/	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ivorysearch:ivory_search:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-04-22 21:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 18:28

NVD link : CVE-2021-24234

Mitre link : CVE-2021-24234

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-24234

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ivorysearch

ivory_search

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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