Special Text Boxes <= 5.9.109 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

5.5
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24485
CVSS 5.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published September 21, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Akash Rajendra Patil

Description

The Special Text Boxes WordPress plugin through 5.9.109 does not sanitise or escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed.

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Vulnerability Details for Special Text Boxes

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-special-textboxes (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 5.9.110, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 5.9.109
Patched Version
  • 5.9.110

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