CVE-2020-24316 (GCVE-0-2020-24316)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-08-26 13:09 – Updated: 2024-08-04 15:12
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Summary
WP Plugin Rednumber Admin Menu v1.1 and lower does not sanitize the value of the "role" GET parameter before echoing it back out to the user. This results in a reflected XSS vulnerability that attackers can exploit with a specially crafted URL.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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