FKIE_CVE-2021-24331

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-06-01 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:39
Severity
4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The Smooth Scroll Page Up/Down Buttons WordPress plugin before 1.4 did not properly sanitise and validate its settings, such as psb_distance, psb_buttonsize, psb_speed, only validating them client side. This could allow high privilege users (such as admin) to set XSS payloads in them
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-04-24%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-Smooth-Scroll-Page-UpDown-Buttons-WordPress-Plugin-v1.3.txt
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2c7ca586-def8-4723-b779-09d7f37fa1abExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-04-24%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-Smooth-Scroll-Page-UpDown-Buttons-WordPress-Plugin-v1.3.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2c7ca586-def8-4723-b779-09d7f37fa1abExploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
smooth_scroll_page_up\/down_buttons_project smooth_scroll_page_up\/down_buttons *
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  "affected": [
    {
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          "vendor": "Unknown",
          "versions": [
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              "status": "affected",
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            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "contact@wpscan.com"
    }
  ],
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2021-24331",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:39:50.747",
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