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CVE-2021-24664 (GCVE-0-2021-24664)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-08 17:34 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:42
VLAI
Title
WPSchoolPress < 2.1.17 - Multiple Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The School Management System – WPSchoolPress WordPress plugin before 2.1.17 sanitise some fields using sanitize_text_field() but does not escape them before outputting in attributes, resulting in Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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
Unknown School Management System – WPSchoolPress Affected: 2.1.17 , < 2.1.17 (custom)
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Credits
Davide Taraschi
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