CVE-2021-24509

CVE-2021-24509: Page View Counts < 2.4.9 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Vendor Unknown
Product Page View Count
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published August 9, 2021
Last update August 3, 2024

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

The Page View Count WordPress plugin before 2.4.9 does not escape the postid parameter of pvc_stats shortcode, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored XSS attacks. A post made by a contributor would still have to be approved by an admin to have the XSS triggered in the frontend, however, higher privilege users, such as editor could exploit this without the need of approval, and even when the blog disallows the unfiltered_html capability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 9, 2021 CVE published
August 3, 2024 Record updated