What is CVE-2021-24911?

CVE-2021-24911 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Transposh WordPress Translation, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2021-24911?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24911 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Transposh WordPress Translation

CVE-2021-24911

The Transposh WordPress Translation WordPress plugin before 1.0.8 does not sanitise and escape the tk0 parameter from the tp_translation AJAX action, leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting, which will trigger in the admin dashboard of the plugin. The minimum role needed to perform such attack depends on the plugin "Who can translate ?" setting.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (45.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Transposh Transposh_wordpress_translation
Unknown Transposh Wordpress Translation — versions 1.0.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24911?: CVE-2021-24911 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Transposh WordPress Translation, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2021-24911?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24911 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.