WP Responsive Menu <= 3.1.7 - Missing Authorization to Settings Update & Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24971
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published January 26, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Krzysztof Zając
Description

The WP Responsive Menu WordPress plugin before 3.1.7.1 does not have capability and CSRF checks in the wpr_live_update AJAX action, as well as do not sanitise and escape some of the data submitted. As a result, any authenticated, such as subscriber could update the plugin's settings and perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against all visitor and users on the frontend

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-responsive-menu (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.1.7
Patched Version
  • 3.1.7.1
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