XSS in Anti-Malware Security And Brute-Force Firewall Project
CVE-2021-25101
The Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall WordPress plugin before 4.20.94 does not sanitise and escape the POST data before outputting it back in attributes of an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site scripting. Due to the presence of specific parameter value, available to admin users, this can only be exploited by an admin against another admin user.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.006 (45.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall_project Anti-malware_security_and_brute-force_firewall
- Unknown Anti-malware Security And Brute-force Firewall — versions 4.20.94
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-25101?
- CVE-2021-25101 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Anti-Malware Security And Brute-Force Firewall Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-02-21.
- How severe is CVE-2021-25101?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-25101 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.