Vulnerability · Published Jun 20, 2022 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2021-25088Google XML Sitemaps < 4.1.3 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 4.8

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in XML Sitemaps 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 48% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 51.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The XML Sitemaps WordPress plugin before 4.1.3 does not sanitise and escape a settings before outputting it in the Debug page, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Unknown XML Sitemaps 4.1.3 – before 4.1.3

Weakness: CWE-79

References