CVE-2021-24556 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-24556

Email Subscriber <= 1.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Vulnerability Description

The kento_email_subscriber_ajax AJAX action of the Email Subscriber WordPress plugin through 1.1, does not properly sanitise, validate and escape the submitted subscribe_email and subscribe_name POST parameters, inserting them in the DB and then outputting them back in the Subscriber list (/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=kes_campaign&page=kento_email_subscriber_list_settings), leading a Stored XSS issue.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Shreya Pohekar of Codevigilant Project

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Email Subscriber
Vulnerable Versions:
1.1

Timeline

Official Publish: August 23rd, 2021
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)