vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: mystickymenu: CVE-2021-24425: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Jun 21, 2021 | May 15, 2025 | May 5, 2026 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jun 21, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 5, 2026
Description
The Floating Notification Bar, Sticky Menu on Scroll, and Sticky Header for Any Theme – myStickymenu WordPress plugin before 2.5.2 does not sanitise or escape its Bar Text settings, allowing hight privilege users to use malicious JavaScript in it, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue, which will be triggered in the plugin's setting, as well as all front-page of the blog (when the Welcome bar is active)
Solution
mystickymenu-plugin-cve-2021-24425
References
Rapid7 Labs
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