CVE-2021-36899 (GCVE-0-2021-36899)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-11 17:02 – Updated: 2025-02-20 19:59
VLAI?
Title
WordPress Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster plugin <= 1.3.8.4 - Authenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Summary
Authenticated (admin+) Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Gabe Livan's Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster plugin <= 1.3.8.4 at WordPress.
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
Gabe Livan Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster (WordPress plugin) Affected: <= 1.3.8.4 , ≤ 1.3.8.4 (custom)
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Credits
Vulnerability discovered by Nguyen Van Khanh (Patchstack Alliance)
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