Keyword Meta <= 3.0 - Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24611
CVSS Medium (6.1)
Publicly Published August 9, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Genubhau Wayal
Description

The Keyword Meta WordPress plugin through 3.0 does not sanitise of escape its settings before outputting them back in the page after they are saved, allowing for Cross-Site Scripting issues. Furthermore, it is also lacking any CSRF check, allowing attacker to make a logged in high privilege user save arbitrary setting via a CSRF attack.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug keyword-meta (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.0
Patched Version
  • 3.1
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