Dropdown Menu Widget <= 1.9.7 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Settings Update to Stored XSS
CVE-2021-25113

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Dropdown Menu Widget
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 April 2022

What is CVE-2021-25113?

The Dropdown Menu Widget WordPress plugin through 1.9.7 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when saving its settings, allowing low privilege users such as subscriber to update them. Due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping, it could also lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues

Affected Version(s)

Dropdown Menu Widget 1.9.7

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7a5078db-e0d4-4076-9de9-...
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Krzysztof ZajÄ…c
.