Vulnerability · Published Jun 21, 2021 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2021-24366Admin Columns Free < 4.3 & Pro < 5.5.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS in Label

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Admin Columns from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Admin Columns WordPress plugin before 4.3 and Admin Columns Pro WordPress plugin before 5.5.1 do not sanitise and escape its Label settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Unknown Admin Columns 3.0 – before 4.3
Unknown Admin Columns Pro 0 – before 5.5.1

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