FKIE_CVE-2021-36872

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-09-23 15:15 - Updated: 2024-11-21 06:14
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
Authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress Popular Posts plugin (versions <= 5.3.3). Vulnerable at &widget-wpp[2][post_type].
References
audit@patchstack.comhttps://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/blob/master/changelog.mdRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
audit@patchstack.comhttps://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wordpress-popular-posts/wordpress-popular-posts-plugin-5-3-3-authenticated-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerabilityThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/cabrerahector/wordpress-popular-posts/blob/master/changelog.mdRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wordpress-popular-posts/wordpress-popular-posts-plugin-5-3-3-authenticated-persistent-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerabilityThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wordpress_popular_posts_project wordpress_popular_posts *
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  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress_popular_posts_project:wordpress_popular_posts:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "ABBA2087-1173-4E73-9550-BFE7695987F7",
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      "value": "Authenticated Persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WordPress Popular Posts plugin (versions \u003c= 5.3.3). Vulnerable at \u0026widget-wpp[2][post_type]."
    },
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      "value": "Una vulnerabilidad de tipo Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Persistente Autenticado en el plugin Popular Posts de WordPress (versiones anteriores a 5.3.3, incluy\u00e9ndola). Vulnerable en \u0026amp;widget-wpp[2][post_type]"
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  "id": "CVE-2021-36872",
  "lastModified": "2024-11-21T06:14:13.750",
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