CVE-2021-36830 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Authenticated (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Comment Guestbook plugin <= 0.8.0 at WordPress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00338.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Comment Guestbook Project	Comment Guestbook

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:comment_guestbook_project:comment_guestbook:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-23406	Authenticated (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Comment Guestbook plugin <= 0.8.0 at WordPress.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/comment-guestbook/wordpress-comment-guestbook-plugin-0-8-0-authenticated-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
https://wordpress.org/plugins/comment-guestbook/

History

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-09-30T16:14:58.930Z

Updated: 2025-02-20T20:00:16.136Z

Reserved: 2021-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-36830

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:01:59.840Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-30T17:15:11.297

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:14:10.030

Link: CVE-2021-36830

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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