My Site Audit <= 1.2.5 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24445
CVSS Medium (5.5)
Publicly Published July 19, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Akash Rajendra Patil
Description

The My Site Audit WordPress plugin through 1.2.4 does not sanitise or escape the Audit Name field when creating an audit, allowing high privilege users to set JavaScript payloads in them, even when he unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, leading to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug site-audit (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.4
Patched Version
  • 1.2.5
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