CVE-2021-24911 (GCVE-0-2021-24911)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-08-22 14:56
Modified
2024-08-03 19:49
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Summary
The Transposh WordPress Translation WordPress plugin before 1.0.8 does not sanitise and escape the tk0 parameter from the tp_translation AJAX action, leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting, which will trigger in the admin dashboard of the plugin. The minimum role needed to perform such attack depends on the plugin "Who can translate ?" setting.
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Vendor Product Version
Unknown Transposh WordPress Translation Version: 1.0.8   < 1.0.8
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