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WordPress Plugin: yikes-inc-easy-mailchimp-extender: CVE-2021-24985: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Published

Dec 21, 2021

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

Apr 30, 2026

Description

The Easy Forms for Mailchimp WordPress plugin before 6.8.6 does not sanitise and escape the field_name and field_type parameters before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues

Solution

yikes-inc-easy-mailchimp-extender-plugin-cve-2021-24985

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24985
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/873b6ace-0377-42d8-a6c5-3fe0226cebc5?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-11897
CVE-2021-24985
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-24985
CWE-79
EUVD-EUVD-2021-11897

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