PT-2022-9554 · WordPress · Html5 Responsive Faq

José Aguilera · Published 2022-03-14 · Updated 2022-03-20 · CVE-2021-24995

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 HTML5 Responsive FAQ WordPress plugin versions 2.8.5 and earlier

Description The issue concerns the improper sanitization and escaping of certain settings in the plugin, potentially allowing high-privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks, even when the unfiltered html capability is disallowed.

Recommendations For HTML5 Responsive FAQ WordPress plugin versions 2.8.5 and earlier, update to a version that properly sanitizes and escapes its settings to prevent Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-24995

Affected Products

Html5 Responsive Faq

References · 3

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3caf0de0-57f2-4c87-8713-d00a7db9eeef · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24995 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24995 · Security Note