CVE-2021-24485 (GCVE-0-2021-24485)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-25 13:20 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:35
VLAI
Title
Special Text Boxes < 5.9.110 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Special Text Boxes WordPress plugin before 5.9.110 does not sanitise or escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html 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 Special Text Boxes Affected: 5.9.110 , < 5.9.110 (custom)
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Credits
Akash Rajendra Patil
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