Project Status <= 1.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

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

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

CVE	CVE-2021-24558
CVSS	Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published	July 24, 2021
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Shreya Pohekar

Description

The pspin_duplicate_post_save_as_new_post function of the Project Status WordPress plugin through 1.6 does not sanitise, validate or escape the post GET parameter passed to it before outputting it in an error message when the related post does not exist, leading to a reflected XSS issue

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	project-status (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	No
Affected Version	<= 1.6
Patched Version

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