Vulnerability Report

CVE-2021-24482

Title: Related Posts for WordPress Stored XSS

XSS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2021-24482.

CWE Category CWE-79
Published Date Jul 19, 2021
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 4.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.69%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2021-24482: The Related Posts for WordPress plugin through 2.0.4 does not sanitise its heading_text and CSS settings, allowing high privilege users (admin) to set XSS payloads in them, leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.

Impacted Vendors

Z
zemanta 1
N
never5 1

Reference Links

https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-04-18%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-Related-Posts-for-WordPress-WordPress-Plugin-v2.0.4.txt https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2f86e418-22fd-4cb8-8de1-062b17cf20a7 https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-04-18%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-Related-Posts-for-WordPress-WordPress-Plugin-v2.0.4.txt https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2f86e418-22fd-4cb8-8de1-062b17cf20a7
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
3.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2021-24482 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.