Security Advisory

CVE-2021-24693

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2021-11-08 17:35:01
Last updated 2024-08-03 19:42:16
Assigner WPScan
State PUBLISHED

Description

The Simple Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 3.9.5 does not escape the "File Thumbnail" post meta before outputting it in some pages, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. Given the that XSS is triggered even when the Download is in a review state, contributor could make JavaScript code execute in a context of a reviewer such as admin and make them create a rogue admin account, or install a malicious plugin