CVE-2021-24934 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Visual CSS Style Editor WordPress plugin before 7.5.4 does not sanitise and escape the wyp_page_type parameter before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Published: 2022-02-01

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Visual CSS Style Editor

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`7.5.4`	affected	< 7.5.4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:yellowpencil:visual_css_style_editor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-11846	The Visual CSS Style Editor WordPress plugin before 7.5.4 does not sanitise and escape the wyp_page_type parameter before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01434.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2649978
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0aa5a8d5-e736-4cd3-abfd-8e0a356bb6ef

History

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Subscriptions

Yellowpencil Visual Css Style Editor

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-02-01T12:21:31.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:49:14.011Z

Reserved: 2021-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-24934

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-02-01T13:15:08.947

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:41:09.460

Link: CVE-2021-24934

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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