Comments - wpDiscuz <= 7.3.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2021-24737

4.8MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Comments – WPdiscuz
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 October 2021

Summary

The Comments – wpDiscuz WordPress plugin through 7.3.0 does not properly sanitise or escape the Follow and Unfollow messages before outputting them in the page, which could allow high privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Affected Version(s)

Comments – wpDiscuz 7.3.0

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f51a350c-c46d-4d52-b787-...
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.8
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Phu Tran from techlabcorp.com
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