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CVE-2021-24736 (GCVE-0-2021-24736)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-18 13:46 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:42
VLAI
Title
Shared Files < 1.6.57 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Easy Download Manager and File Sharing Plugin with frontend file upload – a better Media Library — Shared Files WordPress plugin before 1.6.57 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings before outputting them in attributes, which could lead to 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
Credits
Shivam Rai
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