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CVE-2021-24538

MEDIUM 5.4 CVSS 3.1
Published
August 16, 2021
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The Current Book WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 does not sanitize user input when an authenticated user adds Author or Book Title, then does not escape these values when outputting to the browser leading to an Authenticated Stored XSS Cross-Site Scripting issue.

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown Current Book — From 1.0.1 (including) to 1.0.1 (including)
  • current_book_project current_book — Up to and including 1.0.1

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f9911a43-0f4c-403f-9fca-7822eb693317 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record