CVE-2021-39356

The Content Staging WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input validation and escaping via several parameters that are echo'd out via the ~/templates/settings.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 2.0.1. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled.

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://github.com/BigTiger2020/word-press/blob/main/Content%20Staging.md	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-staging/trunk/templates/settings.php	Third Party Advisory
https://wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39356	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:content_staging_project:content_staging:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-10-21 20:15

Updated : 2021-10-27 22:25

NVD link : CVE-2021-39356

Mitre link : CVE-2021-39356

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-39356

JSON object : View

Products Affected

content_staging_project

content_staging

CWE

CWE-79

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

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