CVE-2021-24841 (GCVE-0-2021-24841)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-17 10:15 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:42
VLAI
Title
Helpful < 4.4.59 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Helpful WordPress plugin before 4.4.59 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/55d11acf-8c47-40… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://mikadmin.fr/tech/XSS-Stored-Helpful-5b10b… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
Credits
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Nomenclature
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