CVE-2021-24871 (GCVE-0-2021-24871)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-13 10:41 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:49
VLAI
Title
Get Custom Field Values < 4.0.1 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Get Custom Field Values WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 does not escape custom fields before outputting them in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks
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 Get Custom Field Values Affected: 4.0.1 , < 4.0.1 (custom)
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Credits
Francesco Carlucci
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