Admin Columns Free < 4.3 and Pro < 5.5.1 Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24366
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published May 31, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Daniel Elkabes
Description

The Admin Columns Free WordPress plugin before 4.3 and Admin Columns Pro WordPress plugin before 5.5.1, rendered input on the posted pages with improper input validation on the value passed into the field 'Label' parameter, by taking this as an advantage an authenticated attacker can supply a crafted arbitrary script and execute it.

References

2 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug codepress-admin-columns (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.2
Patched Version
  • 4.3
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug admin-columns-pro (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.5.1
Patched Version
  • 5.5.1
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