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CVE-2021-24482 (GCVE-0-2021-24482)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-19 10:53 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:35
VLAI
Title
Related Posts for WordPress <= 2.0.4 - Authenticated Stored XSS & XFS
Summary
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.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Related Posts for WordPress Affected: 2.0.4 , ≤ 2.0.4 (custom)
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Credits
m0ze
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