Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE-2021-24539
Summary
The Coming Soon, Under Construction & Maintenance Mode By Dazzler WordPress plugin before 1.6.7 does not sanitise or escape its description setting when outputting it in the frontend when the Coming Soon mode is enabled, even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue
- LOW
- NETWORK
- LOW
- CHANGED
- REQUIRED
- HIGH
- LOW
- NONE
CWE-79 - Cross Site Scripting
Cross-Site Scripting, commonly referred to as XSS, is the most dominant class of vulnerabilities. It allows an attacker to inject malicious code into a pregnable web application and victimize its users. The exploitation of such a weakness can cause severe issues such as account takeover, and sensitive data exfiltration. Because of the prevalence of XSS vulnerabilities and their high rate of exploitation, it has remained in the OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities for years.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published