VulnerabilityModified
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.
MEDIUM 4.8EPSS 0.69%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.69% probability · 51th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- never5/related posts
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- 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-4cb8-8de1-062b17cf20a7Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- 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-4cb8-8de1-062b17cf20a7Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.