CVE-2021-36858 (GCVE-0-2021-36858)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-28 15:09 – Updated: 2025-02-20 19:57
VLAI?
Summary
Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Themepoints Testimonials plugin <= 2.6 on 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
Themepoints Testimonials (WordPress plugin) Affected: <= 2.6 , ≤ 2.6 (custom)
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Credits
Vulnerability discovered by Ngo Van Thien (Patchstack Alliance)
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