FKIE_CVE-2021-24423

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-01-24 08:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:40
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 UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin WordPress plugin before 1.6.59 does not sanitise its updraft_service settings, allowing high privilege users to set malicious JavaScript payload in it and leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-05-09%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-UpdraftPlus-WordPress-Plugin-v1.16.56.txt
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/541974d6-2df8-4497-9aee-afd3b9024102Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-05-09%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-UpdraftPlus-WordPress-Plugin-v1.16.56.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/541974d6-2df8-4497-9aee-afd3b9024102Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
updraftplus updraftplus *
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          "vendor": "Unknown",
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              "status": "affected",
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            }
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      ],
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    }
  ],
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    },
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  "id": "CVE-2021-24423",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:40:00.043",
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  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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}



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