Stored XSS via unrestricted HTML upload
Published Oct 11, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Cross-site scripting in Frontend Uploader through 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to execute JavaScript in a visitor's browser via uploaded HTML. The upload form accepts HTML files without blocking or neutralizing script content, and the stored file serves that content when opened. A visitor must access the uploaded file for execution, which can alter the page context or expose data available to that browser session.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site scripting in Frontend Uploader through 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to execute JavaScript in a visitor's browser via uploaded HTML. The upload form accepts HTML files without blocking or neutralizing script content, and the stored file serves that content when opened. A visitor must access the uploaded file for execution, which can alter the page context or expose data available to that browser session.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-24563
- Published
- Oct 11, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Rinat Khaziev
- Product
- Frontend Uploader
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 11, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.3.2 <=1.3.2
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- WordPress Frontend Uploader 1.3.2 Cross-Site Scriptingproof of concept · unverified
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