Vulnerability · Published Aug 2, 2021 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2021-24425myStickymenu < 2.5.2 - Authenticated Stored XSS

Medium 4.8

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Floating Notification Bar, Sticky Menu on Scroll, and Sticky Header for Any Theme – myStickymenu from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 49.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Floating Notification Bar, Sticky Menu on Scroll, and Sticky Header for Any Theme – myStickymenu WordPress plugin before 2.5.2 does not sanitise or escape its Bar Text settings, allowing hight privilege users to use malicious JavaScript in it, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue, which will be triggered in the plugin's setting, as well as all front-page of the blog (when the Welcome bar is active)

Affected products (as reported)

Weakness: CWE-79

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