CVE-2021-24545

MEDIUM

5.4

Description

The WP HTML Author Bio WordPress plugin through 1.2.0 does not sanitise the HTML allowed in the Bio of users, allowing them to use malicious JavaScript code, which will be executed when anyone visit a post in the frontend made by such user. As a result, user with a role as low as author could perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against users, which could potentially lead to privilege escalation when an admin view the related post/s.

Details CVE

Score CVSS v3.15.4

SeveriteMEDIUM

Vecteur CVSSCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Vecteur d'attaqueNETWORK

ComplexiteLOW

Privileges requisLOW

Interaction utilisateurREQUIRED

Publie10/11/2021

Derniere modification11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Observations honeypot0

Produits affectes

wp_html_author_bio_project:wp_html_author_bio

Faiblesses (CWE)

CWE-79

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/64267134-9d8c-4e0c-b24f-d18692a5775e(contact@wpscan.com)

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/64267134-9d8c-4e0c-b24f-d18692a5775e(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

Correlations IOC

Aucune correlation enregistree

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