School Management System โ€“ WPSchoolPress <= 2.1.16 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

4.8
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24664
CVSS 4.8 (Medium)
Publicly Published October 11, 2021
Last Updated November 16, 2022
Researcher Davide Taraschi

Description

The School Management System โ€“ WPSchoolPress WordPress plugin before 2.1.17 sanitise some fields using sanitize_text_field() but does not escape them before outputting in attributes, resulting in Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues.

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Vulnerability Details for School Management System โ€“ WPSchoolPress

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wpschoolpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.1.17, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 2.1.17
Patched Version
  • 2.1.17

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