CVE-2021-4378 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP Quick FrontEnd Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 5.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions like subscribers, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

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 0.00069.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Webdevocean	Wp Quick Frontend Editor

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-34205	The WP Quick FrontEnd Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 5.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions like subscribers, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.nintechnet.com/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-wordpress-wp-quick-frontend-editor-plugin-unpatched/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ed137706-1313-4bff-882b-13d9fa11498c?source=cve

History

Wed, 05 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: Wordfence

Published: 2023-06-07T01:51:49.795Z

Updated: 2025-02-05T19:43:52.876Z

Reserved: 2023-06-06T13:22:15.459Z

Link: CVE-2021-4378

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:23:10.714Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-07T02:15:15.407

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:37:32.893

Link: CVE-2021-4378

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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