CVE-2021-24548 (GCVE-0-2021-24548)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-16 10:48 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:35
VLAI
Title
Mimetic Books <= 0.2.13 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Summary
The Mimetic Books WordPress plugin through 0.2.13 was vulnerable to Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the "Default Publisher ID" field on the plugin's settings page.
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
Unknown Mimetic Books Affected: 0.2.13 , ≤ 0.2.13 (custom)
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Credits
Vikas Srivastava
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