CVE-2021-24180

Related Posts for WordPress <= 2.0.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

5.4

CVSS Score

5.4

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

2.0.4

Patched in

1044d

Time to patch

Description

Unvalidated input and lack of output encoding within the Related Posts for WordPress plugin before 2.0.4 lead to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability within the 'lang' GET parameter while editing a post, triggered when users with the capability of editing posts access a malicious URL.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=2.0.3

PublishedMarch 15, 2021

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginrelated-posts-for-wp

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1a5d9290-b480-45f7-9ac7-a20475b805e8?source=api-prod

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