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CVE-2021-24971 (GCVE-0-2021-24971)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-28 09:06 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:49
VLAI
Title
WP Responsive Menu < 3.1.7.1 - Subscriber+ Settings Update to Stored XSS
Summary
The WP Responsive Menu WordPress plugin before 3.1.7.1 does not have capability and CSRF checks in the wpr_live_update AJAX action, as well as do not sanitise and escape some of the data submitted. As a result, any authenticated, such as subscriber could update the plugin's settings and perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against all visitor and users on the frontend
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
Unknown WP Responsive Menu Affected: 3.1.7.1 , < 3.1.7.1 (custom)
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Credits
Krzysztof Zając
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