CVE-2021-25042

Public Exploit

WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) < 5.5 - Arbitrary IP Address Exclusion to Stored XSS

Description

The WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) WordPress plugin before 5.5 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in the updateIpAddress AJAX action, allowing any authenticated user to call it, or make a logged in user do it via a CSRF attack and add an arbitrary IP address to exclude. Furthermore, due to the lack of validation, sanitisation and escaping, users could set a malicious value and perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged in admin

References

Link	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05b9e478-2d3b-4460-88c1-7f81d3a68ac4	third party advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2021-25042?: CVE-2021-25042 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2021-25042?: To fix CVE-2021-25042, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2021-25042 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2021-25042 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2021-25042?: CVE-2021-25042 affects Unknown WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic).

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Description

Category

CWE-862 – Missing Authorization

References

Frequently Asked Questions