CVE-2021-24485 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2021-10-25

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Special Text Boxes

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`5.9.110`	affected	< 5.9.110

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp-special-textboxes_project:wp-special-textboxes:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-11397	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00206.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4a6b278a-4c11-4624-86bf-754212979643

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Wp-special-textboxes Project Wp-special-textboxes

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-10-25T13:20:35.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:35:19.796Z

Reserved: 2021-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-24485

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-25T14:15:10.043

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:53:09.607

Link: CVE-2021-24485

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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