CVE-2021-24676 (GCVE-0-2021-24676)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-04 11:20 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:42
VLAI
Title
Better Find and Replace < 1.2.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Better Find and Replace WordPress plugin before 1.2.9 does not escape the 's' GET parameter before outputting back in the All Masking Rules page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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 Better Find and Replace Affected: 1.2.9 , < 1.2.9 (custom)
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Credits
apple502j
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