CVE-2021-24612

The Sociable WordPress plugin through 4.3.4.1 does not sanitise or escape some of its settings before outputting them in the admins dashboard, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against other users even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

CVSS v3 4.8 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 3.5 LOW

4.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.7 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

3.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

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

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/12f1ed97-d392-449d-b25c-42d241693888	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:sociable_project:sociable:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-10-18 14:15

Updated : 2021-10-21 19:14

NVD link : CVE-2021-24612

Mitre link : CVE-2021-24612

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-24612

JSON object : View

Products Affected

sociable_project

sociable

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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