CVE-2021-24421 (GCVE-0-2021-24421)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-12 19:20 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:28
VLAI
Title
WP JobSearch < 1.7.4 - Authenticated Stored XSS
Summary
The WP JobSearch WordPress plugin before 1.7.4 did not sanitise or escape multiple of its parameters from the my-resume page before outputting them in the page, allowing low privilege users to use JavaScript payloads in them and leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue
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 WP JobSearch Affected: 1.7.4 , < 1.7.4 (custom)
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Credits
m0ze
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