Vulnerability · Published Feb 7, 2022 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2021-24878SupportCandy < 2.2.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in SupportCandy – Helpdesk & Support Ticket System from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 72% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 28.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Nuclei

Official description

The SupportCandy WordPress plugin before 2.2.7 does not sanitise and escape the query string before outputting it back in pages with the [wpsc_create_ticket] shortcode embed, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Unknown SupportCandy – Helpdesk & Support Ticket System 2.2.7 – before 2.2.7

Weakness: CWE-79

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