CVE-2021-24548 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Mimetic Books WordPress plugin through 0.2.13 was vulnerable to Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the "Default Publisher ID" field on the plugin's settings page.

Published: 2021-08-16

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

Mimetic Books

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0.2.13`	affected	≤ 0.2.13

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mimetic:mimetic_books:*:*:*:*:*: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-2021-11460	The Mimetic Books WordPress plugin through 0.2.13 was vulnerable to Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the "Default Publisher ID" field on the plugin's settings page.

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 0.0062.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10660c95-d366-4152-9ce8-b57c57a2ec6c

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Mimetic Mimetic Books

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-08-16T10:48:33.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:35:20.155Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-24548

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-16T11:15:09.320

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:40:13.053

Link: CVE-2021-24548

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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