PT-2021-21385

CVE-2021-36872

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Published

2021-09-23

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Updated

2021-09-29

Description by

CVSS 3.1
5.5
Medium
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress Popular Posts plugin versions <= 5.3.3
Description The issue is an Authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. It is vulnerable at the &widget-wpp[2][post type] endpoint.
Recommendations For WordPress Popular Posts plugin versions <= 5.3.3, update to a version greater than 5.3.3 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the &widget-wpp[2][post type] endpoint until a patch is available.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (\'Cross-site Scripting\')
Related identifiers
CVE-2021-36872
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