CVE-2021-24124
WP Shieldon <= 1.6.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
6.1
CVSS Score
6.1
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
1.6.4
Patched in
1100d
Time to patch
Description
Unvalidated input and lack of output encoding in the WP Shieldon WordPress plugin, version 1.6.3 and below, leads to Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) when the CAPTCHA page is shown could lead to privileged escalation.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Low
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
<=1.6.3PublishedJanuary 18, 2021
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginwp-shieldon
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