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FKIE_CVE-2021-24296

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-05-24 11:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:39

Severity

4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

The WP Customer Reviews WordPress plugin before 3.5.6 did not sanitise some of its settings, allowing high privilege users such as administrators to set XSS payloads in them which will then be triggered in pages where reviews are enabled

References

	URL	Tags
	contact@wpscan.com	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c450f54a-3372-49b2-8ad8-68d5cc0dd49e	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c450f54a-3372-49b2-8ad8-68d5cc0dd49e	Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	gowebsolutions	wp_customer_reviews	*

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "product": "WP Customer Reviews",
          "vendor": "Go Web Solutions",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "3.5.6",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "3.5.6",
              "versionType": "custom"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "contact@wpscan.com"
    }
  ],
  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gowebsolutions:wp_customer_reviews:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "F4787910-463E-4B27-9134-4E0D867F63BF",
              "versionEndExcluding": "3.5.6",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "The WP Customer Reviews WordPress plugin before 3.5.6 did not sanitise some of its settings, allowing high privilege users such as administrators to set XSS payloads in them which will then be triggered in pages where reviews are enabled"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "El plugin  de WordPress WP Customer Reviews versiones anteriores a 3.5.6 no saneaba algunas de sus configuraciones, lo que permit\u00eda a usuarios muy privilegiados, como los administradores, configurar cargas \u00fatiles XSS en ellos, que luego se desencadenar\u00e1n en las p\u00e1ginas donde las revisiones est\u00e1n habilitadas"
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2021-24296",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:39:47.133",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV2": [
      {
        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "baseSeverity": "LOW",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "MEDIUM",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "SINGLE",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 3.5,
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N",
          "version": "2.0"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 6.8,
        "impactScore": 2.9,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary",
        "userInteractionRequired": true
      }
    ],
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "cvssData": {
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 4.8,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "HIGH",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
          "version": "3.1"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 1.7,
        "impactScore": 2.7,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary"
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2021-05-24T11:15:08.070",
  "references": [
    {
      "source": "contact@wpscan.com",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c450f54a-3372-49b2-8ad8-68d5cc0dd49e"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Exploit",
        "Third Party Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c450f54a-3372-49b2-8ad8-68d5cc0dd49e"
    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "contact@wpscan.com",
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-79"
        }
      ],
      "source": "contact@wpscan.com",
      "type": "Secondary"
    }
  ]
}

CVE-2021-24296 (GCVE-0-2021-24296)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-24 10:58 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:28

Title

WP Customer Reviews < 3.5.6 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Assigner

WPScan CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 44/100 over 2018 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c450f54a-3372-49…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Go Web Solutions	WP Customer Reviews	Affected: 3.5.6 , < 3.5.6 (custom)

Credits

Truoc Phan from Techlab Corporation

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JSON

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      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-03T19:28:23.433Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c450f54a-3372-49b2-8ad8-68d5cc0dd49e"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
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        {
          "product": "WP Customer Reviews",
          "vendor": "Go Web Solutions",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "3.5.6",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "3.5.6",
              "versionType": "custom"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "credits": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "Truoc Phan from Techlab Corporation"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "The WP Customer Reviews WordPress plugin before 3.5.6 did not sanitise some of its settings, allowing high privilege users such as administrators to set XSS payloads in them which will then be triggered in pages where reviews are enabled"
        }
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        "orgId": "1bfdd5d7-9bf6-4a53-96ea-42e2716d7a81",
        "shortName": "WPScan"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c450f54a-3372-49b2-8ad8-68d5cc0dd49e"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
      },
      "title": "WP Customer Reviews \u003c 3.5.6 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)",
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        },
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                          }
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              }
            ]
          }
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          }
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        },
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}

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