Current Book <= 1.0.1 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24538
CVSS Medium (6.4)
Publicly Published July 14, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Vikas Srivastava
Description

The Current Book WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 does not sanitize user input when an authenticated user adds Author or Book Title, then does not escape these values when outputting to the browser leading to an Authenticated Stored XSS Cross-Site Scripting issue.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug current-book (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.0.1
Patched Version
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