CVE-2021-24817 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Ultimate NoFollow WordPress plugin through 1.4.8 does not sanitise and escape the href attribute of its shortcodes, allowing users with a role as low as contributor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Published: 2021-12-13

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

Ultimate Nofollow

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.4.8`	affected	≤ 1.4.8

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ultimate_nofollow_project:ultimate_nofollow:*:*:*:*:*: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-2021-11729	The Ultimate NoFollow WordPress plugin through 1.4.8 does not sanitise and escape the href attribute of its shortcodes, allowing users with a role as low as contributor to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks

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 0.00604.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ccb27d2e-2d2a-40d3-ba7e-bcd5e5012a9a

History

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Subscriptions

Ultimate Nofollow Project Ultimate Nofollow

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-12-13T10:40:58.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:42:17.351Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-24817

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-13T11:15:08.750

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:40:57.530

Link: CVE-2021-24817

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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