Vulnerability · Published Nov 29, 2021 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2021-42365Asgaros Forums <= 1.15.13 Authenticated Stored XSS

Medium 4.8

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Asgaros Forums from Asgaros Forums. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 53% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.8Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 46.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Asgaros Forums WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping via the name parameter found in the ~/admin/tables/admin-structure-table.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.15.13. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Asgaros Forums	Asgaros Forums	1.15.13 – through 1.15.13

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2635143/asgaros-forum/trunk/admin/tables/admin-structure-table.php x_refsource_MISC
https://wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-42365 x_refsource_MISC