Auto Featured Image <= 3.9.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24932
CVSS Medium (6.1)
Publicly Published November 15, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher ZhongFu Su
Description

The Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) WordPress plugin before 3.9.3 does not sanitise and escape the post_id parameter before outputting back in an admin page within a JS block, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug auto-post-thumbnail (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.9.2
Patched Version
  • 3.9.3
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