PT-2021-15726 · WordPress · Wordpress

Nguyen Anh Tien · Published 2021-04-05 · Updated 2021-04-09 · CVE-2021-24180

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Related Posts for WordPress versions prior to 2.0.4

Description: The issue arises from unvalidated input and a lack of output encoding within the plugin, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This vulnerability is triggered when users with post-editing capabilities access a malicious URL, specifically exploiting the 'lang' GET parameter while editing a post.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 2.0.4, update to version 2.0.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-24180

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 3

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7593d5c8-cbc2-4469-b36b-5d4fb6d49718 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24180 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24180 · Vendor Advisory