PT-2021-16323 · WordPress · Helpful Wordpress Plugin

Mika + 1 · Published 2021-11-17 · Updated 2021-11-18 · CVE-2021-24841

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Helpful WordPress plugin versions prior to 4.4.59

Description: The issue allows high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks due to the lack of sanitization and escaping of some settings, even when the unfiltered html capability is disallowed.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 4.4.59, update to version 4.4.59 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-24841

Affected Products

Helpful Wordpress Plugin

References · 4

• 🔥 https://mikadmin.fr/tech/XSS-Stored-Helpful-5b10bc7f40ab319f9797eb4abad4f420660.pdf · Exploit
• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/55d11acf-8c47-40da-be47-24f74fd7566e · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24841 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24841 · Vendor Advisory