Comments - wpDiscuz <= 7.3.0 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24737
CVSS Medium (4.8)
Publicly Published September 13, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Phu Tran
Description

The Comments - wpDiscuz WordPress plugin through 7.3.0 does not properly sanitize or escape the Follow and Unfollow messages before outputting them in the page, which could allow high privilege users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wpdiscuz (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 7.3.0
Patched Version
  • 7.3.2
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