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CVE-2021-24679: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Bitcoin / AltCoin Payment Gateway for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before version 1.6.1 contains a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by researcher apple502j, and was publicly disclosed on September 6, 2021 (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability exists because the plugin fails to properly escape the 's' GET parameter before outputting it back in the All Masking Rules page. This vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2021-24679 and has a CVSS score of 8.8 (High). The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Cross-Site Scripting and falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (WPScan).

Impact

The vulnerability allows attackers to execute malicious JavaScript code in a victim's browser session. When successfully exploited, this could lead to theft of sensitive data, session hijacking, or other malicious actions performed in the context of the affected user's browser (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to version 1.6.1 or later of the Bitcoin / AltCoin Payment Gateway for WooCommerce plugin, which contains a fix for this vulnerability (WPScan).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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