CVE-2021-4222

WP Paginate <= 2.1.3 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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

4.8

CVSS Score

4.8

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

2.1.4

Patched in

1113d

Time to patch

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 Vector Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=2.1.3

PublishedJanuary 5, 2021

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected pluginwp-paginate

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4b3786d2-b1b5-4d96-9ef7-957909061186?source=api-prod

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