FKIE_CVE-2021-24992

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-12-27 11:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:41
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 Smart Floating / Sticky Buttons WordPress plugin before 2.5.5 does not sanitise and escape some parameter before outputting them in attributes and page, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/db0b9480-2ff4-423c-a745-68e983ffa12bExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/db0b9480-2ff4-423c-a745-68e983ffa12bExploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
buttonizer buttonizer *
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          "product": "Smart Floating / Sticky Buttons \u2013 Call, Sharing, Chat Widgets \u0026 More \u2013 Buttonizer",
          "vendor": "Unknown",
          "versions": [
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              "status": "affected",
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            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "contact@wpscan.com"
    }
  ],
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2021-24992",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:41:16.637",
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          "authentication": "SINGLE",
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          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
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  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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}



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