CVE-2021-24234
The Search Forms page of the Ivory Search WordPress lugin before 4.6.1 did not properly sanitise the tab parameter before output it in the page, leading to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue when opening a malicious crafted link as a high privilege…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Search Forms page of the Ivory Search WordPress lugin before 4.6.1 did not properly sanitise the tab parameter before output it in the page, leading to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue when opening a malicious crafted link as a high privilege user. Knowledge of a form id is required to conduct the attack.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.17% probability · 66th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- ivorysearch/ivory search
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ecc620be-8e29-4860-9d32-86b5814a3835Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.getastra.com/blog/911/plugin-exploit/reflected-xss-vulnerability-in-ivory-search-wp-plugin/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.jinsonvarghese.com/reflected-xss-vulnerability-found-in-ivory-search-plugin/Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ecc620be-8e29-4860-9d32-86b5814a3835Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.getastra.com/blog/911/plugin-exploit/reflected-xss-vulnerability-in-ivory-search-wp-plugin/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.jinsonvarghese.com/reflected-xss-vulnerability-found-in-ivory-search-plugin/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.