PT-2021-15726

CVE-2021-24180

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Published

2021-04-05

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Updated

2021-04-09

Description by

CVSS 3.1
5.4
Medium
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Related Posts for WordPress versions prior to 2.0.4
Description: The issue arises from unvalidated input and a lack of output encoding within the plugin, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This vulnerability is triggered when users with post-editing capabilities access a malicious URL, specifically exploiting the 'lang' GET parameter while editing a post.
Recommendations: For versions prior to 2.0.4, update to version 2.0.4 or later to resolve the issue.
Exploitability
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Fix
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Researchers
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Weakness enumeration
CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (\'Cross-site Scripting\')
Related identifiers
CVE-2021-24180
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