Vulnerability · Published Aug 30, 2021 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2021-24592Sitewide Notice WP < 2.3 - Authenticated Stored XSS
Medium 4.8
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Sitewide Notice WP 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 50.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Sitewide Notice WP WordPress plugin before 2.3 does not sanitise some of its settings before outputting them in frontend pages, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sitewide Notice WP | 2.3 – before 2.3 |
Weakness: CWE-79