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WordPress Plugin: code-snippets: CVE-2021-25008: 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
Dec 27, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 5, 2026

Description

The Code Snippets WordPress plugin before 2.14.3 does not escape the snippets-safe-mode parameter before outputting it back in attributes, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Solution

code-snippets-plugin-cve-2021-25008
Title
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