Vulnerability · Published Oct 18, 2021 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2021-24413Easy Twitter Feed < 1.2 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Easy Twitter Feed from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 48.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Easy Twitter Feed WordPress plugin before 1.2 does not sanitise or validate the parameters from its shortcode, allowing users with a role as low as contributor to set Cross-Site Scripting payload in them which will be triggered in the page/s with the embed malicious shortcode

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Unknown Easy Twitter Feed 1.2 – before 1.2

Weakness: CWE-79

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