CVE-2021-24533
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CVE-2021-24533 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 4.8/10 on the CVSS scale. The Maintenance WordPress plugin before 4.03 does not sanitise or escape some of its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to se Cross-Site Scripting payload in them (even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed), which will be triggered in the frontend. EPSS estimates a 0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
The Maintenance WordPress plugin before 4.03 does not sanitise or escape some of its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to se Cross-Site Scripting payload in them (even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed), which will be triggered in the frontend
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Webfactoryltd | Maintenance | < 4.03 |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/174b2119-b806-4da4-a23d-c19b552c86cbExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/174b2119-b806-4da4-a23d-c19b552c86cbExploit, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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