vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: advanced-database-cleaner: CVE-2021-24921: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 24, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The Advanced Database Cleaner WordPress plugin before 3.0.4 does not sanitise and escape $_GET keys and values before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues

Solution

advanced-database-cleaner-plugin-cve-2021-24921
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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