FKIE_CVE-2021-24196

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-04-05 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:39
Severity
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The Social Slider Widget WordPress plugin before 1.8.5 allowed Authenticated Reflected XSS in the plugin settings page as the ‘token_error’ parameter can be controlled by users and it is directly echoed without being sanitized
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://purinechu.github.io/posts/social_slider_widget_reflected_xss/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb20d732-a5e4-4140-ab51-b2aa1a53db12Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://purinechu.github.io/posts/social_slider_widget_reflected_xss/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb20d732-a5e4-4140-ab51-b2aa1a53db12Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cm-wp social_slider_widget *
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          "product": "Social Slider Widget",
          "vendor": "Unknown",
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              "status": "affected",
              "version": "1.8.5",
              "versionType": "custom"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "contact@wpscan.com"
    }
  ],
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              "versionEndExcluding": "1.8.5",
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            }
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    },
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      "value": "El plugin de WordPress Social Slider Widget versiones anteriores a 1.8.5, permit\u00eda un ataque de tipo XSS reflejado autenticado en la p\u00e1gina de configuraci\u00f3n del plugin, ya que el par\u00e1metro \"token_error\" puede ser controlado por los usuarios y se repite directamente sin ser saneado"
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2021-24196",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:39:34.957",
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