Admin Columns Free < 4.3.2 and Pro < 5.5.2 Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24365
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published June 21, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Johannes Lauinger
Description

The Admin Columns WordPress plugin Free before 4.3.2 and Pro before 5.5.2 allowed to configure individual columns for tables. Each column had a type. The type "Custom Field" allowed to choose an arbitrary database column to display in the table. There was no escaping applied to the contents of "Custom Field" columns.

References

2 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug codepress-admin-columns (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.3.2
Patched Version
  • 4.3.2
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug admin-columns-pro (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 5.5.2
Patched Version
  • 5.5.2
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