CVE-2021-4222

CVSS V2 Low 3.5 CVSS V3 Medium 4.8

Description

The WP-Paginate WordPress plugin before 2.1.4 does not sanitise and escape its preset settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2021-4222

Assigner
contact@wpscan.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2022-02-28T09:15:08

Last Modified Date
2022-03-08T16:29:15

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-79	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:maxfoundry:wp-paginate::::::wordpress::*	1	OR		2.1.4

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
3.5

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
6.8

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
HIGH

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
LOW

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.8

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.7

Impact Score
2.7

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6df5f5b1-f10b-488e-80b3-2c024bbb8c78	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160800/	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4222
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-4222

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 15:47:01				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 10:57:57	2022-02-28T09:15Z	2022-02-28T09:15:08	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-06 10:57:57		2022-03-08T16:29:15	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-06 10:57:57		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated