PT-2022-9565 · WordPress · Code Snippets

Krzysztof Zając · Published 2022-01-24 · Updated 2022-01-27 · CVE-2021-25008

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Code Snippets WordPress plugin versions prior to 2.14.3

Description The issue is related to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting problem. This occurs because the snippets-safe-mode parameter is not properly escaped before being outputted back in attributes.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.14.3, update to version 2.14.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-25008

Affected Products

Code Snippets

References · 3

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cb232354-f74d-48bb-b437-7bdddd1df42a · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25008 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-25008 · Vendor Advisory