Description

WordPress Plugin WordPress Advanced Ticket System, Elite Support Helpdesk is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. WordPress Plugin WordPress Advanced Ticket System, Elite Support Helpdesk version 1.0.63 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 1.0.64 or latest

References

https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=WPEX-ID:41D9027C-A982-44C7-889E-721333496B5C

https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wats/trunk/readme.txt

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2021-24623 CWE-79 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update XSS