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WordPress Plugin: wp-user: CVE-2021-25034: 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 31, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The WP User WordPress plugin before 7.0 does not sanitise and escape some parameters in pages where the [wp_user] shortcode is used, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues.

Solution

wp-user-plugin-cve-2021-25034
Title
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