CVE-2021-4252

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in WP-Ban. This issue affects the function toggle_checkbox of the file ban-options.php. The manipulation of the argument $_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"] leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The name of the patch is 13e0b1e922f3aaa3f8fcb1dd6d50200dd693fd76. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-216209 was assigned to this vulnerability.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-ban/commit/13e0b1e922f3aaa3f8fcb1dd6d50200dd693fd76	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-ban/pull/11	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.216209	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wp-ban_project:wp-ban:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

22 Dec 2022, 19:26

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 6.1
References	~~(N/A) https://vuldb.com/?id.216209 -~~	(N/A) https://vuldb.com/?id.216209 - Third Party Advisory
References	~~(N/A) https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-ban/commit/13e0b1e922f3aaa3f8fcb1dd6d50200dd693fd76 -~~	(N/A) https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-ban/commit/13e0b1e922f3aaa3f8fcb1dd6d50200dd693fd76 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References	~~(N/A) https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-ban/pull/11 -~~	(N/A) https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-ban/pull/11 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:wp-ban_project:wp-ban::::::wordpress::*

19 Dec 2022, 02:27

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-12-18 22:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 23:14

NVD link : CVE-2021-4252

Mitre link : CVE-2021-4252

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-4252

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wp-ban_project

wp-ban

CWE

CWE-707

Improper Neutralization

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