Check Point Advisories

WordPress Download Monitor Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2021-23174)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2021-1145
Date Published: 22 Mar 2022
Severity: High
Last Updated: Tuesday 22 March, 2022
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2021-23174
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Download Monitor Plugin for WordPress
Vulnerability Description A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in Download Monitor Plugin for WordPress. The vulnerability is due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in post_title parameter.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress Download Monitor Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2021-23174) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  ICMP Protocol Violation.
Attack Information:  WordPress Download Monitor Plugin Cross-Site Scripting (CVE-2021-23174)

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