CVE-2021-24432
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Advanced AJAX Product Filters WordPress plugin (versions before 1.5.4.7) contains a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability identified as CVE-2021-24432. The vulnerability stems from the plugin's failure to properly sanitize the 'term_id' POST parameter before outputting it in the page (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability is present in the br_aapf_get_child AJAX action of the plugin, which is accessible to both unauthenticated and authenticated users. The issue occurs due to improper sanitization of the 'term_id' POST parameter. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. It is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability allows attackers to execute reflected Cross-Site Scripting attacks against users of the affected WordPress sites. Since the vulnerability is accessible to unauthenticated users, it could potentially be exploited to perform malicious actions in the context of other users' browsers (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to version 1.5.4.7 or later of the Advanced AJAX Product Filters WordPress plugin to address this vulnerability (WPScan).

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