Insert Pages <= 3.6.1 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24850
CVSS Medium (6.4)
Publicly Published October 18, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci
Description

The Insert Pages WordPress plugin before 3.7.0 adds a shortcode that prints out other pages' content and custom fields. It can be used by users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks by storing the payload/s in another post's custom fields.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug insert-pages (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.6.1
Patched Version
  • 3.7.0
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