CVE-2021-24482 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Related Posts for WordPress plugin through 2.0.4 does not sanitise its heading_text and CSS settings, allowing high privilege users (admin) to set XSS payloads in them, leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.

Published: 2021-07-19

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Related Posts for WordPress

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.0.4`	affected	≤ 2.0.4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:never5:related_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-11394	The Related Posts for WordPress plugin through 2.0.4 does not sanitise its heading_text and CSS settings, allowing high privilege users (admin) to set XSS payloads in them, leading to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00687.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-04-18%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-Related-Posts-for-WordPress-WordPress-Plugin-v2.0.4.txt
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2f86e418-22fd-4cb8-8de1-062b17cf20a7

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Never5 Related Posts

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-07-19T10:53:19.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:35:19.579Z

Reserved: 2021-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-24482

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-07-19T11:15:08.810

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:40:06.520

Link: CVE-2021-24482

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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