Pixel Cat
CVE-2021-24922
CRITICAL
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionNVD
The Pixel Cat WordPress plugin before 2.6.2 does not have CSRF check when saving its settings, and did not sanitise as well as escape some of them, which could allow attacker to make a logged in admin change them and perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks
AnalysisAI
The Pixel Cat WordPress plugin before 2.6.2 does not have CSRF check when saving its settings, and did not sanitise as well as escape some of them, which could allow attacker to make a logged in. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (CWE-352), which allows attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions. The Pixel Cat WordPress plugin before 2.6.2 does not have CSRF check when saving its settings, and did not sanitise as well as escape some of them, which could allow attacker to make a logged in admin change them and perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks Affected products include: Fatcatapps Pixel Cat. Version information: before 2.6.2.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement anti-CSRF tokens, validate Origin/Referer headers, use SameSite cookie attribute.
The Pixel Cat WordPress plugin before 2.6.3 does not escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users
The Pixel Cat - Conversion Pixel Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting due to the
Same weakness CWE-352 – Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
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