WP Google Map <= 1.7.6 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24502
CVSS Medium (4.8)
Publicly Published July 1, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Pratik Khalane
Description

The WP Google Map WordPress plugin before 1.7.7 did not sanitise or escape the Map Title before outputting them in the page, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue by high privilege users, even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug gmap-embed (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.7.6
Patched Version
  • 1.7.7
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