CVE-2021-24153 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was discovered in the Yoast SEO WordPress plugin before 3.4.1, which had built-in blacklist filters which were blacklisting Parenthesis as well as several functions such as alert but bypasses were found.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00334.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Yoast	Yoast Seo

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:yoast:yoast_seo:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-11067	A Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was discovered in the Yoast SEO WordPress plugin before 3.4.1, which had built-in blacklist filters which were blacklisting Parenthesis as well as several functions such as alert but bypasses were found.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138192/
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/1466243/wordpress-seo
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/77810044-394d-4314-b9a1-20c7dca726dc

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-04-05T18:27:42

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:21:18.410Z

Reserved: 2021-01-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-24153

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-04-05T19:15:14.560

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:52:28.773

Link: CVE-2021-24153

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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