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CVE-2021-24246 (GCVE-0-2021-24246)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-05 18:39 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:21
VLAI
Title
WorkScout Core < 1.3.4 - Authenticated Stored XSS & XFS
Summary
The Workscout Core WordPress plugin before 1.3.4, used by the WorkScout Theme did not sanitise the chat messages sent via the workscout_send_message_chat AJAX action, leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting and Cross-Frame Scripting issues
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
PureThemes Workscout Core Affected: 1.3.4 , < 1.3.4 (custom)
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PureThemes WorkScout Affected: 2.0.33 , < 2.0.33 (custom)
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Credits
m0ze
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