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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2021-39309
CVE-2021-39309:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Parsian Bank Gateway for Woocommerce WordPress plugin (versions up to and including 1.0) was identified with a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-39309. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by researcher p7e4, with the CVE being created on August 20, 2021 (CVE MITRE).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists due to an unsafe implementation of vardump() on $POST variables located in the ~/vendor/dpsoft/parsian-payment/sample/rollback-payment.php file. This implementation allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts through the parameters. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS Score of 6.1 (Medium) with a vector of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N (Wordfence Advisory).
Impact
The vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts in the context of the affected website, potentially leading to theft of sensitive information or manipulation of web content (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
As of the vulnerability disclosure, no official patch has been released for this vulnerability (Wordfence Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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