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CVE-2021-24439 (GCVE-0-2021-24439)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-07-12 19:21 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:28
VLAI
Title
Browser Screenshots < 1.7.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Summary
The Browser Screenshots WordPress plugin before 1.7.6 allowed authenticated users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks as the image_class parameter of the browser-shot shortcode was not escaped.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 Browser Screenshots Affected: 1.7.6 , < 1.7.6 (custom)
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Credits
apple502j
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