VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-4227
The ark-commenteditor WordPress plugin through 2.15.6 does not properly sanitise or encode the comments when in Source editor, allowing attackers to inject an iFrame in the page and thus load arbitrary content from any page to the comment section
MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 0.61%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.61%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The ark-commenteditor WordPress plugin through 2.15.6 does not properly sanitise or encode the comments when in Source editor, allowing attackers to inject an iFrame in the page and thus load arbitrary content from any page to the comment section
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.61% probability · 47th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-74
- Affected
- obg/ark wysiwyg comment editor
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8d015eba-31dc-44cb-a051-4e95df782b75/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8d015eba-31dc-44cb-a051-4e95df782b75/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.