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CVE-2021-25034 (GCVE-0-2021-25034)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-28 09:06 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:49
VLAI
Title
WP User < 7.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The WP User WordPress plugin before 7.0 does not sanitise and escape some parameters in pages where the [wp_user] shortcode is used, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues
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
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown WP User – Custom Registration Forms, Login and User Profile Affected: 7.0 , < 7.0 (custom)
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Credits
Jeremie Amsellem
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