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CVE-2021-24502 (GCVE-0-2021-24502)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-09 10:04 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:35
VLAI
Title
WP Google Map < 1.7.7 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Summary
The WP Google Map WordPress plugin before 1.7.7 did not sanitise or escape the Map Title before outputting them in the page, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue by high privilege users, even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Maps Plugin using Google Maps for WordPress – WP Google Map Affected: 1.7.7 , < 1.7.7 (custom)
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Credits
Pratik Khalane
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