CVE-2021-24559 (GCVE-0-2021-24559)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-16 15:48 – Updated: 2025-06-20 16:54
VLAI?
Summary
The Qyrr WordPress plugin before 0.7 does not escape the data-uri of the QR Code when outputting it in a src attribute, allowing for Cross-Site Scripting attacks. Furthermore, the data_uri_to_meta AJAX action, available to all authenticated users, only had a CSRF check in place, with the nonce available to users with a role as low as Contributor allowing any user with such role (and above) to set a malicious data-uri in arbitrary QR Code posts, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/65a29976-163a-4b… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Qyrr Affected: 0 , < 0.7 (semver)
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Credits
dc11 WPScan
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