CVE-2021-24301 (GCVE-0-2021-24301)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-24 10:58 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:28
VLAI
Title
Hotjar Connecticator <= 1.1.1 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Summary
The Hotjar Connecticator WordPress plugin through 1.1.1 is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the 'hotjar script' textarea. The request did include a CSRF nonce that was properly verified by the server and this vulnerability could only be exploited by administrator users.
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
Blue Medicine Labs Hotjar Connecticator Affected: 1.1.1 , ≤ 1.1.1 (custom)
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Credits
Kishore Hariram
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