CVE-2021-24180

CVE-2021-24180: Related Posts for WordPress < 2.0.4 - Authenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Vendor Unknown

Product Related Posts for WordPress

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published April 5, 2021

Last update August 3, 2024

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CVSS base score

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

Unvalidated input and lack of output encoding within the Related Posts for WordPress plugin before 2.0.4 lead to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability within the 'lang' GET parameter while editing a post, triggered when users with the capability of editing posts access a malicious URL.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 5, 2021 CVE published

August 3, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24180 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

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