CVE-2021-25078 (GCVE-0-2021-25078)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-24 08:01 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:56
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Affiliates Manager < 2.9.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
The Affiliates Manager WordPress plugin before 2.9.0 does not validate, sanitise and escape the IP address of requests logged by the click tracking feature, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against admin viewing the tracked requests.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d4edb5f2-aa1b-4e… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2648196 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Affiliates Manager |
Affected:
2.9.0 , < 2.9.0
(custom)
|
guessed |
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