The Site Reviews WordPress plugin before 5.17.3 does not sanitise and escape the site-reviews parameter of the glsr_action AJAX action (available to unauthenticated and any authenticated users), allowing them to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged in admins viewing the Tool dashboard of the plugin
CVE-2021-24973 is a high severity with CVSS 7.2 Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue affecting the Plugin Site Reviews. It affects Versions up to 5.17.2 and is fixed in 5.17.3.
CVE-2021-24973 is tracked for the Plugin Site Reviews as high severity with CVSS 7.2. The affected range is Versions up to 5.17.2. Update Site Reviews to 5.17.3 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
site-reviews
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2021-24973 |
| Patched Versions |
5.17.3
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 5.17.2
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Site Reviews <= 6.2.0 - Unauthenticated CSV Injection
Site Reviews <= 6.11.6 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Site Reviews <= 6.11.4 - Authenticated(Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via display name
Site Reviews <= 6.5.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcode
Site Reviews <= 6.5.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via block attribute
Site Reviews <= 7.2.4 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Site Reviews <= 2.15.2 - Cross-Site Scripting
Site Reviews <= 5.13.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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