CVE-2021-24563 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Frontend Uploader WordPress plugin through 1.3.2 does not prevent HTML files from being uploaded via its form, allowing unauthenticated user to upload a malicious HTML file containing JavaScript for example, which will be triggered when someone access the file directly

Published: 2021-10-11

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 26.4% Moderate

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

Frontend Uploader

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.3.2`	affected	≤ 1.3.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:frontend_uploader_project:frontend_uploader:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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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 0.26379.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165515/WordPress-Frontend-Uploader-1.3.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e53ef41e-a176-4d00-916a-3a03835370f1

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Frontend Uploader Project Frontend Uploader

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-10-11T10:45:30.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:35:20.198Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-24563

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-11T11:15:08.747

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:40:14.643

Link: CVE-2021-24563

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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