CVE-2021-24980 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Gwolle Guestbook WordPress plugin before 4.2.0 does not sanitise and escape the gwolle_gb_user_email parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue in an admin page

Published: 2021-12-27

Score: 6.1 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

Gwolle Guestbook

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.2.0`	affected	< 4.2.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gwolle_guestbook_project:gwolle_guestbook:*:*:*:*:*: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-2021-11892	The Gwolle Guestbook WordPress plugin before 4.2.0 does not sanitise and escape the gwolle_gb_user_email parameter before outputting it back in an attribute, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue in an admin page

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0021.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e50bcb39-9a01-433f-81b3-fd4018672b85

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Gwolle Guestbook Project Gwolle Guestbook

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-12-27T10:33:23.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:49:14.367Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-24980

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-27T11:15:09.247

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:54:07.707

Link: CVE-2021-24980

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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