CVE-2021-24706 (GCVE-0-2021-24706)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-08 17:35 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:42
VLAI
Title
Qwizcards < 3.62 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting
Summary
The Qwizcards – online quizzes and flashcards WordPress plugin before 3.62 does not properly sanitize and escape some of its settings, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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 Qwizcards – online quizzes and flashcards Affected: 3.62 , < 3.62 (custom)
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Credits
Shivam Rai
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