CVE-2021-24316 - CVE House

Status published Medium CVE-2021-24316

Mediumish <= 1.0.47 - Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

6.1 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

The search feature of the Mediumish WordPress theme through 1.0.47 does not properly sanitise it's 's' GET parameter before output it back the page, leading to the Cross-SIte Scripting issue.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

m0ze

References

Affected Vendor

WowThemes

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Affected Software

Mediumish

Vulnerable Versions:

1.0.47

Timeline

Official Publish: June 1st, 2021

Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024

Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1189 Drive-by Compromise

Initial Access

T1059.007 JavaScript

Execution

T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie

Collection

T1213 Data from Information Repositories