Medium severity · published Nov 8, 2021
CVE-2021-24697
Simple Download Monitor < 3.9.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
6.1
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SD
Simple Download Monitor ·
3.9.5 before 3.9.5 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24697
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24697
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ef9ae513-6c29-45c2-b5ae-4a06a217c499
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