CVE-2021-24841 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Helpful WordPress plugin before 4.4.59 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Published: 2021-11-17

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

Helpful

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.4.59`	affected	< 4.4.59

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:helpful_project:helpful:*:*:*:*:*: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-2021-11753	The Helpful WordPress plugin before 4.4.59 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability 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 0.00338.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://mikadmin.fr/tech/XSS-Stored-Helpful-5b10bc7f40ab319f9797eb4abad4f420660.pdf
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/55d11acf-8c47-40da-be47-24f74fd7566e

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Helpful Project Helpful

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-11-17T10:15:49.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:42:17.215Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-24841

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-17T11:15:08.220

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:53:52.137

Link: CVE-2021-24841

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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