CVE-2021-24613 (GCVE-0-2021-24613)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-09-20 10:06 – Updated: 2024-08-03 19:35
VLAI?
Title
Post Views Counter < 1.3.5 - Authenticated Stored XSS
Summary
The Post Views Counter WordPress plugin before 1.3.5 does not sanitise or escape its Post Views Label settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks in the frontend even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
Severity ?
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CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown Post Views Counter Affected: 1.3.5 , < 1.3.5 (custom)
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Credits
Tung Duong Dinh
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