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FKIE_CVE-2021-24664

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-11-08 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:40
Severity
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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.
References
contact@wpscan.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164974/WordPress-WPSchoolPress-2.1.16-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3f8e170c-6579-4b1a-a1ac-7d93da17b669Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164974/WordPress-WPSchoolPress-2.1.16-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3f8e170c-6579-4b1a-a1ac-7d93da17b669Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
igexsolutions wpschoolpress *
To clipboard 

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  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "product": "School Management System \u2013 WPSchoolPress",
          "vendor": "Unknown",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "2.1.17",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "2.1.17",
              "versionType": "custom"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "contact@wpscan.com"
    }
  ],
  "configurations": [
    {
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          "cpeMatch": [
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              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:igexsolutions:wpschoolpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "8387ED5E-4E1A-4495-A457-27222F01A307",
              "versionEndExcluding": "2.1.17",
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            }
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    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "El plugin School Management System - WPSchoolPress WordPress antes de la versi\u00f3n 2.1.17 desinfecta algunos campos utilizando sanitize_text_field(), pero no los escapa antes de la salida en los atributos, lo que resulta en problemas de Cross-Site Scripting almacenado"
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2021-24664",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:40:24.940",
  "metrics": {
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        "baseSeverity": "LOW",
        "cvssData": {
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          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "SINGLE",
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          "baseScore": 3.5,
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
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          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N",
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        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
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  "sourceIdentifier": "contact@wpscan.com",
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
  "weaknesses": [
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      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-79"
        }
      ],
      "source": "contact@wpscan.com",
      "type": "Secondary"
    }
  ]
}



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