Simple Download Monitor <= 3.9.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24697
CVSS Medium (6.1)
Publicly Published October 5, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher apple502j
Description

The Simple Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 3.9.5 does not escape the 1) sdm_active_tab GET parameter and 2) sdm_stats_start_date/sdm_stats_end_date POST parameters before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug simple-download-monitor (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.9.5
Patched Version
  • 3.9.5
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