WP Responsive Menu <= 3.1.7 - Missing Authorization to Settings Update & Stored Cross-Site Scripting

5.4
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24971
CVSS 5.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published January 26, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Krzysztof Zając - CERT PL

Description

The WP Responsive Menu WordPress plugin before 3.1.7.1 does not have capability and CSRF checks in the wpr_live_update AJAX action, as well as do not sanitise and escape some of the data submitted. As a result, any authenticated, such as subscriber could update the plugin's settings and perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against all visitor and users on the frontend

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Vulnerability Details for WP Responsive Menu

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-responsive-menu (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.1.7.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.1.7
Patched Version
  • 3.1.7.1

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