CVE-2021-24856

CVE-2021-24856: Shared Files < 1.6.61 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Vendor Unknown

Product Shared Files – Easy Download Manager and File Sharing Plugin with Frontend File Upload

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published November 17, 2021

Last update August 3, 2024

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CVSS base score

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

The Shared Files WordPress plugin before 1.6.61 does not sanitise and escape the Download Counter Text settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 17, 2021 CVE published

August 3, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24856 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html