CVE-2021-4227 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The ark-commenteditor WordPress plugin through 2.15.6 does not properly sanitise or encode the comments when in Source editor, allowing attackers to inject an iFrame in the page and thus load arbitrary content from any page to the comment section

Published: 2024-01-16

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very 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

ark-commenteditor

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 2.15.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:obg:ark_wysiwyg_comment_editor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-34085	The ark-commenteditor WordPress plugin through 2.15.6 does not properly sanitise or encode the comments when in Source editor, allowing attackers to inject an iFrame in the page and thus load arbitrary content from any page to the comment section

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00222.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8d015eba-31dc-44cb-a051-4e95df782b75/

History

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Obg Ark Wysiwyg Comment Editor

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-16T15:52:25.423Z

Updated: 2025-06-02T15:10:29.086Z

Reserved: 2022-04-29T09:30:03.602Z

Link: CVE-2021-4227

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:23:08.904Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-16T16:15:09.270

Modified: 2025-06-02T16:15:23.187

Link: CVE-2021-4227

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-74

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