CVE-2021-24322 (GCVE-0-2021-24322)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-01 11:33 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:28
VLAI
Title
Database Backup for WordPress < 2.4 - Authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Summary
The Database Backup for WordPress plugin before 2.4 did not escape the backup_recipient POST parameter in before output it back in the attribute of an HTML tag, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Delicious Brains Database Backup for WordPress Affected: 2.4 , < 2.4 (custom)
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Credits
m0ze
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