CVE-2021-36910 (GCVE-0-2021-36910)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-11 19:36 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:07
VLAI
Title
WordPress WP-Appbox plugin <= 4.3.20 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Summary
Authenticated (admin user role) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in WP-Appbox (WordPress plugin) <= 4.3.20.
Severity
3.4 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Marcel Schmilgeit WP-Appbox (WordPress plugin) Affected: <= 4.3.20 , ≤ 4.3.20 (custom)
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Date Public
2022-04-05 00:00
Credits
Vulnerability discovered by mirphak (Patchstack Alliance).
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