CVE-2021-24679: Bitcoin / AltCoin Payment Gateway for WooCommerce < 1.6.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-10-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Bitcoin / AltCoin Payment Gateway for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 1.6.1 does not escape the 's' GET parameter before outputting back in the All Masking Rules page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Affected products

Bitcoin / AltCoin Payment Gateway for WooCommerce & Multivendor store / shop: before 1.6.1 — fixed in 1.6.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Bitcoin / AltCoin Payment Gateway for WooCommerce & Multivendor store / shop 1.6.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7c6c0aac-1733-4abc-8e95-05416636a127
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7c6c0aac-1733-4abc-8e95-05416636a127

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