Vulnerability Details : CVE-2021-24918
The Smash Balloon Social Post Feed WordPress plugin before 4.0.1 did not have any privilege or nonce validation before saving the plugin's setting. As a result, any logged-in user on a vulnerable site could update the settings and store rogue JavaScript on each of its posts and pages.
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)
Products affected by CVE-2021-24918
- cpe:2.3:a:smashballoon:smash_balloon_social_post_feed:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-24918
0.05%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 24 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2021-24918
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3.5
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LOW | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
6.8
|
2.9
|
NIST | |
|
5.4
|
MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
2.3
|
2.7
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2021-24918
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The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.Assigned by:
- contact@wpscan.com (Primary)
- nvd@nist.gov (Secondary)
References for CVE-2021-24918
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https://jetpack.com/2021/10/29/security-issues-patched-in-smash-balloon-social-post-feed-plugin/
Security Issues Patched in Smash Balloon Social Post Feed PluginExploit;Third Party Advisory
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https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5d252ad7-bf28-44f3-8cd0-c4fe05c48f35
Attention Required! | CloudflareThird Party Advisory
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