FKIE_CVE-2021-24418

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-07-12 20:15 - 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 Smooth Scroll Page Up/Down Buttons WordPress plugin through 1.4 does not properly sanitise and validate its psb_positioning settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to set an XSS payload in it, which will be executed in all pages of the blog
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-04-29%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-Smooth-Scroll-Page-UpDown-Buttons-WordPress-Plugin-v1.4.txt
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1512bba9-89e2-493d-b85d-10c7acb903dbExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-04-29%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-Smooth-Scroll-Page-UpDown-Buttons-WordPress-Plugin-v1.4.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1512bba9-89e2-493d-b85d-10c7acb903dbExploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
smooth_scroll_page_up\/down_buttons_project smooth_scroll_page_up\/down_buttons *
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  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "product": "Smooth Scroll Page Up/Down Buttons",
          "vendor": "Mark Senff",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "1.4",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "1.4",
              "versionType": "custom"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "contact@wpscan.com"
    }
  ],
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              "versionEndIncluding": "1.4",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
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      "value": "The Smooth Scroll Page Up/Down Buttons WordPress plugin through 1.4 does not properly sanitise and validate its psb_positioning settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to set an XSS payload in it, which will be executed in all pages of the blog"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "El plugin de WordPress Smooth Scroll Page Up/Down Buttons versiones hasta 1.4, no sanea o comprueba apropiadamente su configuraci\u00f3n psb_positioning, permitiendo a usuarios con privilegios elevados, como el administrador, ajustar una carga \u00fatil XSS en ella, que ser\u00e1 ejecutada en todas las p\u00e1ginas del blog"
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2021-24418",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:39:59.630",
  "metrics": {
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        "baseSeverity": "LOW",
        "cvssData": {
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          "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"
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        "exploitabilityScore": 6.8,
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        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
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  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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          "value": "CWE-79"
        }
      ],
      "source": "contact@wpscan.com",
      "type": "Secondary"
    }
  ]
}



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