Any Hostname <= 1.0.6 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24481
CVSS Medium (5.5)
Publicly Published June 28, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Abishiek Magesh
Description

The Any Hostname WordPress plugin through 1.0.6 does not sanitise or escape its "Allowed hosts" setting, leading to an authenticated stored XSS issue as high privilege users are able to set XSS payloads in it

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug any-hostname (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.6
Patched Version
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