CVE-2021-24482 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Never5	Related Posts

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:never5:related_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
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

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-07-19T10:53:19

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:35:19.579Z

Reserved: 2021-01-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-24482

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-07-19T11:15:08.810

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:53:09.213

Link: CVE-2021-24482

Redhat

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