CVE-2021-24482

Related Posts for WordPress <= 2.0.4 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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

5.5

CVSS Score

5.5

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

2.0.5

Patched in

981d

Time to patch

Description

The Related Posts for WordPress plugin through 2.0.4 does not sanitise its heading_text and CSS settings, allowing high privilege users (admin) to set XSS payloads in them, leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=2.0.4

PublishedMay 17, 2021

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginrelated-posts-for-wp

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f63bf296-b34c-4f89-90eb-bba2a0461d57?source=api-prod

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