CVE-2021-24773 (GCVE-0-2021-24773)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-01 08:46 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:42
VLAI?
Title
WordPress Download Manager < 3.2.16 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The WordPress Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.16 does not escape some of the Download settings when outputting them, allowing high privilege users to perform XSS attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown WordPress Download Manager Affected: 3.2.16 , < 3.2.16 (custom)
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Credits
Huy Nguyen (Inval1d Team)
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