CVE-2021-24697

Simple Download Monitor <= 3.9.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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

6.1

CVSS Score

6.1

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

3.9.5

Patched in

840d

Time to patch

Description

The Simple Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 3.9.5 does not escape the 1) sdm_active_tab GET parameter and 2) sdm_stats_start_date/sdm_stats_end_date POST parameters before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<3.9.5

PublishedOctober 5, 2021

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginsimple-download-monitor

Source Code

WordPress.org SVN

Vulnerable v3.2.8

Browse source Download .zip

Patched

Patched version not available.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d91a2713-238b-4c56-bff8-9129d77f4d77?source=api-prod

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