CVE-2021-24470 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Yada Wiki WordPress plugin before 3.4.1 did not sanitise, validate or escape the anchor attribute of its shortcode, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue

Published: 2021-08-02

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Yada Wiki

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`3.4.1`	affected	< 3.4.1

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:yada_wiki_project:yada_wiki:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-11382	The Yada Wiki WordPress plugin before 3.4.1 did not sanitise, validate or escape the anchor attribute of its shortcode, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00547.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b01a85cc-0e45-4183-a916-19476354d5d4

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Yada Wiki Project Yada Wiki

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-08-02T10:32:12.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:35:19.372Z

Reserved: 2021-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-24470

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-02T11:15:10.057

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:40:05.333

Link: CVE-2021-24470

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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