CVE-2021-24897 (GCVE-0-2021-24897)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-14 14:40 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:49
VLAI
Title
Add Subtitle <= 1.1.0 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Add Subtitle WordPress plugin through 1.1.0 does not sanitise or escape the sub-title field (available only with classic editor) when output 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 Add Subtitle Affected: 1.1.0 , ≤ 1.1.0 (custom)
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Credits
Francesco Carlucci
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