CVE-2021-36841 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in YITH Maintenance Mode (WordPress plugin) versions <= 1.3.7, vulnerable parameter &yith_maintenance_newsletter_submit_label. Possible even when unfiltered HTML is disallowed by WordPress configuration.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

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 0.00355.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Yithemes	Yith Maintenance Mode

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:yithemes:yith_maintenance_mode:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-23417	Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in YITH Maintenance Mode (WordPress plugin) versions <= 1.3.7, vulnerable parameter &yith_maintenance_newsletter_submit_label. Possible even when unfiltered HTML is disallowed by WordPress configuration.

Fixes

Solution

Update to 1.3.8 or higher version.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/yith-maintenance-mode/wordpress-yith-maintenance-mode-plugin-1-3-7-authenticated-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability
https://wordpress.org/plugins/yith-maintenance-mode/#developers

History

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2021-09-27T15:35:11.053Z

Updated: 2025-03-28T16:49:47.361Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-36841

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:01:59.890Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-27T16:15:09.327

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:14:10.560

Link: CVE-2021-36841

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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