CVE-2021-24508
The Smash Balloon Social Post Feed WordPress plugin before 2.19.2 does not sanitise or escape the feedID POST parameter in its feed_locator AJAX action (available to both authenticated and unauthenticated users) before outputting a truncated version of…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Smash Balloon Social Post Feed WordPress plugin before 2.19.2 does not sanitise or escape the feedID POST parameter in its feed_locator AJAX action (available to both authenticated and unauthenticated users) before outputting a truncated version of it in the admin dashboard, leading to an unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue which will be executed in the context of a logged in administrator.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.34% probability · 70th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- smashballoon/smash balloon social post feed
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2b543740-d4b0-49b5-a021-454a3a72162fExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2b543740-d4b0-49b5-a021-454a3a72162fExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.