VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-4222
The WP-Paginate WordPress plugin before 2.1.4 does not sanitise and escape its preset settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed
MEDIUM 4.8EPSS 0.81%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.81%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The WP-Paginate WordPress plugin before 2.1.4 does not sanitise and escape its preset settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed
- 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
- 0.81% probability · 55th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- maxfoundry/wp-paginate
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160800/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6df5f5b1-f10b-488e-80b3-2c024bbb8c78Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160800/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6df5f5b1-f10b-488e-80b3-2c024bbb8c78Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.