CVE-2021-24366
Estado: ModificadaMedia (5.4)—
The Admin Columns WordPress plugin before 4.3 and Admin Columns Pro WordPress plugin before 5.5.1 do not sanitise and escape its Label settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Puntuación base: 5.4
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.00%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 62
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
Referencias
- https://github.com/codepress/admin-columns/commit/b45571ed21d574d13687213a5002e0c68e4442c7
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05427156-4d5c-4aeb-add8-1c574fda5c28
- https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-24366
- https://github.com/codepress/admin-columns/commit/b45571ed21d574d13687213a5002e0c68e4442c7
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/05427156-4d5c-4aeb-add8-1c574fda5c28
- https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-24366
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