CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-24591

The Highlight WordPress plugin before 0.9.3 does not sanitise its CustomCSS setting, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

3.5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

5.4 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c5cbe3b4-2829-4fd2-8194-4b3a2ae0e257 Exploit Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:dna88:highlight:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-09-06 11:15

Updated : 2021-09-09 09:02

NVD link : CVE-2021-24591

Mitre link : CVE-2021-24591

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-79