Medium severity · published Jul 19, 2021
CVE-2021-24482
The Related Posts for WordPress plugin through 2.0.4 does not sanitise its heading_text and CSS settings, allowing high privilege users (admin) to set XSS payloads in them,…
4.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Related Posts for WordPress plugin through 2.0.4 does not sanitise its heading_text and CSS settings, allowing high privilege users (admin) to set XSS payloads in them, leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RP
Related Posts · Never5
through 2.0.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24482
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24482
m0ze.ru
https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-04-18%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-Related-Posts-for-WordPress-WordPress-Plugin-v2.0.4.txt
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2f86e418-22fd-4cb8-8de1-062b17cf20a7
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