WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2021-24821 Modified

Cost Calculator: Cross-site scripting

Cost Calculator is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.

CVE / CNA score 5.4 CVSS · contact@wpscan.com
NVD score 5.4 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Cost Calculator
Plugin slug
cost-calculator
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Mar 07, 2022
Weakness
CWE-79 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

This CVE was published Mar 07, 2022 and is one of 4 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Cost Calculator to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

The Cost Calculator WordPress plugin before 1.6 allows users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks via the Description fields of a Cost Calculator > Price Settings (which gets injected on the edit page as well as any page that embeds the calculator using the shortcode), as well as the Text Preview field of a Project (injected on the edit project page)

NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary and upstream sources