Sociable <= 4.3.4.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24612
CVSS Medium (4.8)
Publicly Published September 20, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Genubhau Wayal
Description

The Sociable WordPress plugin through 4.3.4.1 does not sanitise or escape some of its settings before outputting them in the admins dashboard, allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against other users even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug sociable (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 4.3.4.1
Patched Version
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