#VU63216 Cross-site scripting in Cyclos WordPress Plugin - CVE-2021-31673
Published: May 16, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU63216
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-31673
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
Cyclos WordPress Plugin
Cyclos WordPress Plugin
Software vendor:
The Cyclos team
The Cyclos team
Description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. The vulnerability allows remote user to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the groupId parameter.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.