VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-24611
The Keyword Meta WordPress plugin through 3.0 does not sanitise of escape its settings before outputting them back in the page after they are saved, allowing for Cross-Site Scripting issues.
MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 0.32%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Keyword Meta WordPress plugin through 3.0 does not sanitise of escape its settings before outputting them back in the page after they are saved, allowing for Cross-Site Scripting issues. Furthermore, it is also lacking any CSRF check, allowing attacker to make a logged in high privilege user save arbitrary setting via a CSRF attack.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 25th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79, CWE-352
- Affected
- keyword meta project/keyword meta
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b4a2e595-6971-4a2a-a346-ac4445a5e0cdExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b4a2e595-6971-4a2a-a346-ac4445a5e0cdExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.