W3 Total Cache, CVE-2021-24436

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2021-24436
Home page URL: Security reports for W3 Total Cache
Application: W3 Total Cache
Published on: Jul 19, 2021
Research Description: The W3 Total Cache WordPress plugin before 2.1.4 was vulnerable to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) security vulnerability within the "extension" parameter in the Extensions dashboard, which is output in an attribute without being escaped first. This could allow an attacker, who can convince an authenticated admin into clicking a link, to run malicious JavaScript within the user's web browser, which could lead to full site compromise.
Affected versions: Min -, max 2.1.4.
Status: vulnerable