CVE-2021-24771 (GCVE-0-2021-24771)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-13 10:40 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:42
VLAI
Title
Inspirational Quote Rotator <= 1.0.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Inspirational Quote Rotator WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not sanitize and escape some of its quote fields when adding/editing a quote as admin, leading to Stored Cross-Site scripting issues when the quote is output in the "Quotes list" even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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 Inspirational Quote Rotator Affected: 1.0.0 , ≤ 1.0.0 (custom)
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Credits
Vishal Mohan
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