CVE-2021-36872 - OpenCVE

Authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress Popular Posts plugin (versions <= 5.3.3). Vulnerable at &widget-wpp[2][post_type].

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 None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Wordpress Popular Posts Project	Wordpress Popular Posts

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress_popular_posts_project:wordpress_popular_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/blob/master/changelog.md
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wordpress-popular-posts/wordpress-popular-posts-plugin-5-3-3-authenticated-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2021-09-23T15:00:55.804117Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:39:00.863Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-36872

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-09-23T15:15:07.840

Modified: 2021-09-29T19:24:24.387

Link: CVE-2021-36872

Redhat

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