Vulnerability · Published Aug 23, 2021 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2021-24533Maintenance < 4.03 - Authenticated Stored XSS
Medium 4.8
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Maintenance 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 Maintenance WordPress plugin before 4.03 does not sanitise or escape some of its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to se Cross-Site Scripting payload in them (even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed), which will be triggered in the frontend
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Maintenance | 4.03 – before 4.03 |
Weakness: CWE-79