Medium severity · published Nov 8, 2021
CVE-2021-24594
The Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator WordPress plugin before 6.0.12 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings before outputting it in various pages,…
4.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator WordPress plugin before 6.0.12 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings before outputting it in various pages, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GL
Google Language Translator · Gtranslate
before 6.0.12 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24594
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24594
Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2607480/
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cf7b0f07-8b9b-40a1-ba7b-e8d34f515a6b
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