CVE-2021-24878 (GCVE-0-2021-24878)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-07 15:47 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:49
VLAI
Title
SupportCandy < 2.2.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The SupportCandy WordPress plugin before 2.2.7 does not sanitise and escape the query string before outputting it back in pages with the [wpsc_create_ticket] shortcode embed, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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 SupportCandy – Helpdesk & Support Ticket System Affected: 2.2.7 , < 2.2.7 (custom)
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Credits
apple502j
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