CVE-2021-24234 (GCVE-0-2021-24234)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-22 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:21
VLAI
Title
Ivory Search < 4.6.1 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
Summary
The Search Forms page of the Ivory Search WordPress lugin before 4.6.1 did not properly sanitise the tab parameter before output it in the page, leading to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue when opening a malicious crafted link as a high privilege user. Knowledge of a form id is required to conduct the attack.
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
WPScan CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 44/100 over 1841 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin Affected: 4.6.1 , < 4.6.1 (custom)
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Credits
Jinson Varghese Behanan
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