Image Hover Effects Ultimate <= 9.7.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via effects

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVE	CVE-2021-25031
CVSS	Medium (6.1)
Publicly Published	December 27, 2021
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Krzysztof Zając

Description

The Image Hover Effects Ultimate (Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison or Magnifier) WordPress plugin before 9.7.1 does not escape the effects parameter before outputting it back in an attribute in an admin page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	image-hover-effects-ultimate (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 9.7.0
Patched Version	9.7.1

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