WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Akismet Privacy Policies <= 2.0.1- Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape the translation parameter before outputting it back in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
akismet-privacy-policies
No known fix

References

CVE
CVE-2021-25071

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
6.1 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter
Krzysztof Zając
Submitter website
https://kazet.cc/
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
53085936-fa07-4f00-a7dc-bbe98c51320e

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-03-07 (about 3 years ago)
Added
2022-03-07 (about 3 years ago)
Last Updated
2022-04-09 (about 3 years ago)

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