Browser script execution via unencoded posted parameter
Published Sep 10, 2021 · Updated May 2, 2025
Reflected XSS in WP-T-Wap 1.13.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject scripts through the posted parameter in wap/writer.php. The handler reflects the untrusted posted value into its HTML response without output encoding, so the browser interprets injected markup as active content. Execution requires a victim to interact with the crafted request and occurs in the affected site's browser origin, enabling page-content access or modification.
Summary
What happened
Reflected XSS in WP-T-Wap 1.13.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject scripts through the posted parameter in wap/writer.php. The handler reflects the untrusted posted value into its HTML response without output encoding, so the browser interprets injected markup as active content. Execution requires a victim to interact with the crafted request and occurs in the affected site's browser origin, enabling page-content access or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-38331
- Published
- Sep 10, 2021
- Updated
- May 2, 2025
- Vendor
- WP-T-Wap Project
- Product
- WP-T-Wap
- Classifications
- CWE-79
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Sep 10, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 2, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.13.2 <=1.13.2
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