Admin Columns Free < 4.3 & Pro < 5.5.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS in Label
CVE-2021-24366

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Admin Columns
Admin Columns Pro
Vendor
CVE Published:
21 June 2021

Summary

The Admin Columns WordPress plugin before 4.3 and Admin Columns Pro WordPress plugin before 5.5.1 do not sanitise and escape its Label settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected Version(s)

Admin Columns 3.0 < 4.3

Admin Columns Pro 0 < 5.5.1

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05427156-4d5c-4aeb-add8-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-databas...
https://github.com/codepress/admin-columns/commit/b45571e...
patch

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Daniel Elkabes of WhiteSource
WPScan
.