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CVE-2021-24699: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Easy Media Download WordPress plugin (versions before 1.1.7) contains a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability identified as CVE-2021-24699. The vulnerability was discovered and publicly disclosed on September 22, 2021, by security researcher apple502j (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from improper input validation where the plugin fails to escape the text argument of its shortcode. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 6.8 (medium severity) and is classified under CWE-79. The affected parameters include url, text, target, rel, and class attributes in the shortcode implementation (WPScan).

Impact

This vulnerability allows users with privileges as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks on affected WordPress installations. The stored XSS payload could potentially be executed in the context of other users' browsers, including administrators, when they view the affected content (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.1.7 of the Easy Media Download plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (WPScan).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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