vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: page-views-count: CVE-2021-24509: 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) | Jul 12, 2021 | May 15, 2025 | May 15, 2025 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jul 12, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 15, 2025
Description
The Page View Count WordPress plugin before 2.4.9 does not escape the postid parameter of pvc_stats shortcode, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored XSS attacks. A post made by a contributor would still have to be approved by an admin to have the XSS triggered in the frontend, however, higher privilege users, such as editor could exploit this without the need of approval, and even when the blog disallows the unfiltered_html capability.
Solution
page-views-count-plugin-cve-2021-24509
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