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CVE-2024-6226 (GCVE-0-2024-6226)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-30 06:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 21:33
VLAI
Title
WpStickyBar <= 2.1.0 - Reflected XSS
Summary
The WpStickyBar WordPress plugin through 2.1.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-30 19:08 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e42ce8dc-51d4-47… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown WpStickyBar Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.1.0 (semver)
guessed Create a notification for this product.
a17lab wpstickybar Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.1.0 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:a17lab:wpstickybar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Bob Matyas WPScan
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