CVE-2021-24427 (GCVE-0-2021-24427)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-12 19:20 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:28
VLAI?
Title
W3 Total Cache < 2.1.3 - Authenticated Stored XSS
Summary
The W3 Total Cache WordPress plugin before 2.1.3 did not sanitise or escape some of its CDN settings, allowing high privilege users to use JavaScript in them, which will be output in the page, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
BoldGrid W3 Total Cache Affected: 2.1.3 , < 2.1.3 (custom)
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Credits
m0ze
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