Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-25042
The WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) WordPress plugin before 5.5 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks in the updateIpAddress AJAX action, allowing any authenticated user to call it, or make a logged in user do it via a CSRF attack and add an arbitrary IP address to exclude. Furthermore, due to the lack of validation, sanitisation and escaping, users could set a malicious value and perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against logged in admin
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)Cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
Products affected by CVE-2021-25042
- cpe:2.3:a:plugins-market:wp_visitor_statistics_\(real_time_traffic\):*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-25042
0.05%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 24 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-25042
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3.5
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LOW | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
6.8
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2.9
|
NIST | |
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5.4
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
2.3
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2.7
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2021-25042
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The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.Assigned by: contact@wpscan.com (Primary)
References for CVE-2021-25042
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https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05b9e478-2d3b-4460-88c1-7f81d3a68ac4
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