WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2021-39354 Modified

Easy Digital Downloads: Cross-site scripting

Easy Digital Downloads 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 4.8 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score 4.8 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Easy Digital Downloads
Plugin slug
easy-digital-downloads
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Oct 21, 2021
Weakness
CWE-79 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

This CVE was published Oct 21, 2021 and is one of 66 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Patch or disable the affected component.

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

Source record

Technical description

The Easy Digital Downloads WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the $start_date and $end_date parameters found in the ~/includes/admin/payments/class-payments-table.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 2.11.2.

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

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

References

Primary and upstream sources