Database Backup for WordPress <= 2.3.3 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via backup_receipient Parameter

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24322
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published May 16, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher R3N0
Description

The Database Backup for WordPress plugin before 2.4 did not escape the backup_recipient POST parameter in before output it back in the attribute of an HTML tag, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-db-backup (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.4
Patched Version
  • 2.4
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